Michael Barness
Psychiatry · Short Hills, NJNPI 1730478991
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 362 payments — averaging $14.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$792
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$766
- AbbVie$739
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$473
- Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$339
- Lundbeck LLC$339
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,236100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 54 | $792 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 44 | $766 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 57 | $739 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 29 | $473 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 23 | $339 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 21 | $339 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 19 | $300 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 19 | $271 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 17 | $263 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 30 | $257 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 11 | $153 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 9 | $130 |
| Corium, LLC | 8 | $101 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $86 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| OWP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 2 | $33 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- QELBREE$104
How this compares
$5,236 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,119 psychiatry providers in New Jersey.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 11 | $15,929 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 88 | $1,933 |
| Paroxetine ErParoxetine Hcl | 13 | $1,690 |
| Methylphenidate ErMethylphenidate Hcl | 12 | $1,157 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 18 | $448 |
| Bupropion Hcl | 26 | $435 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 48 | $424 |
| Clomipramine Hcl | 12 | $343 |
| Prazosin Hcl | 16 | $188 |
| Aripiprazole | 12 | $167 |
| Alprazolam | 15 | $117 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 15 | $112 |
| Clonazepam | 23 | $108 |
| Doxepin Hcl | 11 | $90 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $68 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $792 | $15,92911 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 90th percentile of 1,119 psychiatry providers in New Jersey.
Other psychiatry in Short Hills
- Leon RosenbergCherry Hill$6.4M
- Steven GlassClementon$3.9M
- Judith JosephPaterson$3.8M
- Jeffrey ApterPrinceton$1.7M
- Roberta BallCherry Hill$741K
- Marc CantillonLivingston$524K
- Sanjay VarmaPrinceton$479K
- Manuel SanchezNewark$474K
- Robert BransfieldRed Bank$415K
- Erika ConcepcionLong Branch$354K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.