Michael Brenner
Rheumatology · Boston, MANPI 1699732909
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $104,971 of the $114,972 with a category attached, or 91.3%. GSK accounts for 62.3% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2024 is the largest year on record at $55,459, 2.2 times the $25,224 reported in 2019. Among rheumatology clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 78 payments — averaging $1474.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$72K
- AbbVie$21K
- Modernatx, Inc.$9K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$5K
- Pfizer$3K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.$3K
- plus $4K from 3 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $146,036 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$926K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$242K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$104,97191%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,0501%
- Travel & lodging$7,8397%
- Food & beverage$1,1121%
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 | 44 | $71,618 |
| AbbVie | 23 | $20,600 |
| Modernatx, Inc. | 2 | $8,926 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 1 | $4,860 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $2,644 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 1 | $2,500 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $1,800 |
| UCB SA | 1 | $1,500 |
| Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 1 | $525 |
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.
How this compares
$114,972 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 265 rheumatology providers in Massachusetts.
Other rheumatology in Boston
- Marilyn PikeBoston$1.4M
- John StoneBoston$926K
- Lee SimonBoston$600K
- Jeffrey SparksBoston$299K
- Tanya LaidlawBoston$244K
- Tuhina NeogiBoston$242K
- Michael WeinblattBoston$228K
- Zachary WallaceBoston$106K
- Flavia CastelinoBoston$96K
- Joerg ErmannBoston$92K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.