Michael Schwartz
Neurology · Palos Heights, ILNPI 1831109677
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 90 payments — averaging $16.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$262
- UCB, Inc.$186
- Biogen$133
- EMD Serono, Inc.$131
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$130
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$117
- plus $529 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1309%
- Food & beverage$1,35791%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 20 | $262 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $186 |
| Biogen | 9 | $133 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 9 | $131 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 8 | $130 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 6 | $117 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $115 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $64 |
| Amgen | 2 | $54 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $54 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 2 | $24 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,487 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 790 neurology providers in Illinois.
Other neurology in Palos Heights
- Arthur ItkinPalos Heights$808K
- Daniel WynnNorthbrook$13.9M
- Concetta ForchettiElk Grove Village$8.5M
- Tatyana SimuniChicago$3.5M
- Danny BegaChicago$2.8M
- Thomas AlaSpringfield$2.4M
- Augusto MiravalleChicago$2.1M
- Leonard Verhagen MetmanChicago$1.8M
- Anthony RederBurr Ridge$1.6M
- Dusan StefoskiChicago$1.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.