Richard Zweig, MD
Internal Medicine · Bristol, CTNPI 1477548451
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 189 payments — averaging $18.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$710
- Gilead$615
- Merck$403
- Lilly USA, LLC$204
- Janssen Products, LP$170
- GSK$160
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,06988%
- Education$40212%
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 | 35 | $710 |
| Gilead | 31 | $615 |
| Merck | 29 | $403 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $204 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 2 | $170 |
| GSK | 9 | $160 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $157 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $149 |
| Amgen | 7 | $140 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $132 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $103 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $69 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 3 | $62 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $58 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $37 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$3,471 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,067 internal medicine providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 33 | $141,701 |
| EliquisApixaban | 132 | $123,124 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 96 | $111,092 |
| GenvoyaElviteg/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alafen | 21 | $86,582 |
| SymtuzaDarunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf | 15 | $81,899 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 73 | $76,100 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 57 | $69,799 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 47 | $59,180 |
| StribildElviteg/Cob/Emtri/Tenofo Disop | 13 | $51,232 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 49 | $50,112 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 43 | $46,493 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 25 | $28,170 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 67 | $28,093 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 14 | $23,355 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 27 | $18,856 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GileadBiktarvy, Genvoya, Stribild | $615 | $279,51467 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Spiriva Respimat | $149 | $175,011171 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Paxlovid | $157 | $125,950143 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $403 | $82,53561 claims |
| Janssen Products, LPSymtuza | $170 | $81,89915 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Bevespi Aerosphere | $710 | $81,30285 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $204 | $74,66468 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $69 | $69,79957 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta, Trelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta | $160 | $67,093133 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $132 | $13,48514 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $13 | $9,94519 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCTrulance | $103 | $7,06812 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 2,067 internal medicine providers in Connecticut.
Other internal medicine in Bristol
- Joseph SouferWaterbury$21.5M
- David RadinStamford$7M
- Steven RyderWestport$3.9M
- Nancy BrownNew Haven$2.8M
- Charles MontanoCromwell$2.8M
- Arthur DecillisMadison$1M
- Michelle MallitzTrumbull$971K
- Allen HellerWoodbridge$758K
- Gary BlickNorwalk$717K
- Margaret ChusteckaHamden$652K
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.