Ofer Jacobowitz, PhD
Sleep Medicine · New York, NYNPI 1285617381
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $97,919 of the $140,795 with a category attached, or 69.5%. Livanova USA, Inc. accounts for 81.8% of it on its own, with 27 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among sleep medicine clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 199 payments — averaging $707.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$115K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$22K
- Optinose US, Inc.$555
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$526
- Sanofi$370
- Somnomed Inc.$353
- plus $2K from 22 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $909.86 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.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$31K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37,50027%
- Speaking & faculty fees$97,91970%
- Food & beverage$5,3764%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 17 | $115,226 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 23 | $21,678 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 38 | $555 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 30 | $526 |
| Sanofi | 13 | $370 |
| Somnomed Inc. | 1 | $353 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 10 | $281 |
| GSK | 15 | $229 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $192 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $186 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 4 | $157 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 5 | $138 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 6 | $118 |
| Stryker | 3 | $115 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 4 | $107 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $80 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 5 | $75 |
| 3b Medical, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Novartis | 3 | $49 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Amgen | 1 | $33 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $23 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $20 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 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.
- THN Sleep Therapy$115,132
- VIVAER STYLUS$11,902
- Vivaer RF Stylus$4,636
- VivAer$4,500
- RhinAer$4,500
- RHINAER STYLUS$202
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$192
- FASENRA$125
How this compares
$140,795 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 81 sleep medicine providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Azelastine Hcl | 85 | $1,626 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 13 | $632 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 37 | $394 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 17 | $199 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sleep medicine in New York
- David RapoportNew York$313K
- Andrew WestwoodNew York$82K
- Omar BurschtinNew York$71K
- Maha AhmadNew York$38K
- Daniel BaroneNew York$37K
- Vincent GrbachNew York$21K
- Andrew VargaNew York$19K
- Courtney ChouNew York$16K
- Klaus Dieter LessnauNew York$14K
- Oren CohenNew York$12K
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.