Michael Teiger
Pulmonary Disease · West Hartford, CTNPI 1245343672
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.6% of the total across 345 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 39.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,538 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $80 in 2023.
Across 345 payments — averaging $20.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$3K
- GSK$2K
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$484
- Boehringer Ingelheim$337
- Sanofi$305
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$273
- plus $639 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,96599%
- Education$1001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 120 | $2,804 |
| GSK | 127 | $2,224 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 18 | $484 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 17 | $337 |
| Sanofi | 18 | $305 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $273 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 4 | $137 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $127 |
| Covis Pharma GmbH | 4 | $92 |
| Amgen | 4 | $63 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Circassia Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 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
$7,065 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 255 pulmonary disease providers in Connecticut.
Other pulmonary disease in West Hartford
- Tapas BandyopadhyayWest Hartford$483K
- Geoffrey ChuppNew Haven$1.2M
- Raj ParikhHartford$386K
- Patrick TroyHartford$385K
- Michael ImevboreNew Haven$323K
- Jeffrey NascimentoHartford$213K
- Thinesh DahanayakeNorwich$192K
- Naftali KaminskiNew Haven$180K
- Daniel GerardiHartford$156K
- Roman SpivakAnsonia$140K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.