Michael Schweitz
Rheumatology · West Palm Beach, FLNPI 1700886371
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $33,750 of the $42,838 with a category attached, or 78.8%. United Rheumatology accounts for 78.8% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $20,573 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $150 in 2024.
Across 420 payments — averaging $101.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- United Rheumatology$34K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Amgen$2K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1K
- Pfizer$841
- UCB, Inc.$807
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$33,75079%
- Food & beverage$9,08821%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| United Rheumatology | 5 | $33,750 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 89 | $2,514 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 82 | $1,722 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 56 | $1,077 |
| Pfizer | 45 | $841 |
| UCB, Inc. | 40 | $807 |
| AbbVie | 30 | $653 |
| GSK | 21 | $439 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $252 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 8 | $184 |
| Sobi, Inc | 7 | $142 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $119 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $100 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $70 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Novartis | 2 | $36 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $24 |
| Orthogenrx Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- REMICADE$223
- Tremfya$150
- SIMPONI ARIA$111
How this compares
$42,838 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 453 rheumatology providers in Florida.
Other rheumatology in West Palm Beach
- Alvin WellsDestin$2.4M
- Guillermo ValenzuelaPlantation$1.5M
- Julio Gonzalez-PaoliTampa$1.4M
- Ernesto RodriguezZephyrhills$958K
- Vinicius Costa Diniz DominguesDaytona Beach$921K
- Jonathan GreerBoynton Beach$757K
- Jigar ShahMargate$750K
- Rachel TateHollywood$729K
- Howard BuschLoxahatchee$717K
- Michael WeitzMiami$658K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.