Michael Lewko, MD
Rheumatology · Clifton, NJNPI 1730121799
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $81,268 of the $88,336 with a category attached, or 92.0%. Amgen accounts for 95.0% of it on its own, with 29 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $62,681 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $264 in 2024. Among rheumatology clinicians in NJ 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 501 payments — averaging $176.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$84K
- AbbVie$510
- Novartis$422
- Pfizer$373
- Johnson & Johnson$348
- Lilly USA, LLC$341
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$81,26892%
- Travel & lodging$8321%
- Food & beverage$6,0377%
- Education$1990%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 191 | $83,928 |
| AbbVie | 39 | $510 |
| Novartis | 40 | $422 |
| Pfizer | 27 | $373 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 30 | $348 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 25 | $341 |
| UCB, Inc. | 18 | $299 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 24 | $292 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 17 | $216 |
| GSK | 12 | $194 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $193 |
| Sanofi | 14 | $183 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 12 | $178 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 8 | $119 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 5 | $104 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $101 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 7 | $101 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $100 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 4 | $74 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $35 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $27 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Organon | 1 | $25 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
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
$88,336 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 234 rheumatology providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 21 | $277,666 |
| RayosPrednisone | 16 | $152,574 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 23 | $123,171 |
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 14 | $120,488 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 13 | $69,897 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 73 | $2,913 |
| Celecoxib | 26 | $1,983 |
| Leflunomide | 34 | $1,715 |
| Naproxen | 21 | $789 |
| Prednisone | 92 | $748 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 43 | $710 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $158 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $140 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 14 | $101 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenRayos, Otezla | $83,928 | $222,47029 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 234 rheumatology providers in New Jersey.
Other rheumatology in Clifton
- Lori CoxNew Brunswick$1.4M
- Richard HaddadRed Bank$1.1M
- Kiren SahniWest Long Branch$569K
- Jeffrey GreenbergSummit$399K
- Steven GolombekDover$318K
- Nicholas ScarpaJersey City$281K
- Adrienne HollanderVoorhees$214K
- Edward AllegraRed Bank$212K
- Nickolas TyrisSewell$201K
- Anan HaijaGalloway$196K
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.