Melvin Twersky, DO
Family Medicine · Philadelphia, PANPI 1376689380
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 250 payments — averaging $17.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$1K
- AstraZeneca$756
- AbbVie$467
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$402
- Bayer$182
- Pfizer$169
- plus $1K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,22997%
- Education$1273%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 70 | $1,057 |
| AstraZeneca | 37 | $756 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 26 | $467 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 24 | $402 |
| Bayer | 12 | $182 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $169 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $165 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $120 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 6 | $102 |
| Abbott | 4 | $100 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $89 |
| Novartis | 6 | $83 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 6 | $75 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Circassia Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $48 |
| Merck | 3 | $44 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $40 |
| Braeburn Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Amgen | 2 | $33 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $28 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Organon | 2 | $24 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Gilead | 1 | $21 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$111
How this compares
$4,356 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 163 | $166,441 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 66 | $62,732 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 67 | $61,414 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 75 | $49,967 |
| EliquisApixaban | 63 | $40,728 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 73 | $33,344 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 35 | $31,617 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 62 | $31,460 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 36 | $26,037 |
| TivicayDolutegravir Sodium | 11 | $24,154 |
| DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam | 11 | $23,565 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 29 | $20,147 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 57 | $19,719 |
| Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters | 307 | $18,013 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 36 | $16,638 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $756 | $206,726241 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $1,057 | $70,700122 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimSpiriva Respimat, Jardiance, Tradjenta, Combivent Respimat | $40 | $64,620116 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $165 | $62,73266 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $89 | $61,41467 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $169 | $40,72863 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $402 | $33,34473 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $44 | $26,03736 claims |
| GileadDescovy | $21 | $23,56511 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 4,967 family medicine providers in Pennsylvania.
Other family medicine in Philadelphia
- Daniel LinPhiladelphia$392K
- Glenn RosenPhiladelphia$367K
- Christopher ChambersPhiladelphia$350K
- Deborah WittPhiladelphia$226K
- Michael AttanasioPhiladelphia$214K
- Jonah MinkPhiladelphia$145K
- Celia EzidiegwuPhiladelphia$118K
- Kem YenalPhila$12.6M
- Marcy FleckerSmithfield$6.9M
- Tiffany PlutoScottdale$4.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.