Naomi Schlesinger, MD
Rheumatology · New Brunswick, NJNPI 1457424020
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.1%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sobi, Inc at 39.6% of the total. 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 36 payments — averaging $1373.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sobi, Inc$20K
- Novartis$17K
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$5K
- Johnson & Johnson$4K
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$2K
- Amgen$1K
- plus $1K from 1 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $71,958 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Amgen$360K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,22359%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,77638%
- Travel & lodging$9692%
- Food & beverage$4941%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sobi, Inc | 13 | $19,590 |
| Novartis | 5 | $16,505 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $5,378 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $3,710 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $2,125 |
| Amgen | 1 | $1,103 |
| Eli Lilly | 2 | $1,050 |
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.
- ILARIS$16,505
- PURIFIED CORTROPHIN GEL$5,219
- SIMPONI ARIA$3,542
- Gamifant$1,920
- KRYSTEXXA$1,103
- Synagis$315
How this compares
$49,461 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisone | 12 | $113 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other rheumatology in New Brunswick
- Lori CoxNew Brunswick$1.4M
- Victor SloanNew Brunswick$151K
- Vivien HsuNew Brunswick$56K
- 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
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.