Monica Schwartzman
Rheumatology · New York, NYNPI 1912392531
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 270 payments — averaging $653.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$115K
- UCB, Inc.$49K
- Lilly USA, LLC$6K
- AbbVie$2K
- Biogen$1K
- UCB SA$1K
- plus $2K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$33,53619%
- Speaking & faculty fees$110,25862%
- Travel & lodging$25,72815%
- Food & beverage$6,4124%
- Other$6320%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 107 | $114,825 |
| UCB, Inc. | 57 | $48,874 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 21 | $6,276 |
| AbbVie | 23 | $1,944 |
| Biogen | 2 | $1,496 |
| UCB SA | 1 | $1,140 |
| Alcon | 1 | $632 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 14 | $419 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $239 |
| GSK | 9 | $223 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $95 |
| Novartis | 4 | $88 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 3 | $81 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $57 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $47 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $33 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $29 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $16 |
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
$176,566 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 541 rheumatology providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 35 | $1,803 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 21 | $899 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 12 | $217 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $155 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other rheumatology in New York
- Amit SaxenaNew York$6.7M
- Robert SpieraNew York$4.3M
- Laurie GlimcherNew York$3.9M
- Anca AskanaseNew York$3.5M
- Grace WrightNew York$3M
- Jose ScherNew York$2.7M
- Sergio SchwartzmanNew York$2.5M
- Allan GibofskyNew York$1.9M
- Laura Geraldino PardillaNew York$1.7M
- Joan BathonNew York$1.6M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.