Phillip Lastella
Emergency Medical Services · Westwood, NJNPI 1588760953
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Boston Scientific. That places this record below the midpoint for emergency medical services clinicians in NJ, where the typical reported total is $173.
Across 1 payment — averaging $19.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$20
Across 21 payments — averaging $46,975 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.
- Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$986K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$20100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
How this compares
$20 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 21 emergency medical services providers in New Jersey.
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- Jamil RizqallaLivingston$356
- Joseph FeldmanHackensack$348
- John AdamsMorristown$268
- Daniel MerzAtlantic City$219
- Garrett TomasinoAtlantic City$189
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.