Rimma Gelbert, DO
Family Medicine · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1679642565
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 389 payments — averaging $20.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Amgen$1K
- Novo Nordisk$831
- Lilly USA, LLC$510
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$408
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$240
- plus $3K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,948100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 87 | $1,796 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 55 | $1,140 |
| Novo Nordisk | 42 | $831 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 26 | $510 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 20 | $408 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 13 | $240 |
| Exact Sciences | 9 | $232 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 7 | $215 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 10 | $200 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $194 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $177 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 8 | $175 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $151 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $144 |
| Novartis | 8 | $142 |
| GSK | 6 | $129 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $125 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 5 | $101 |
| Abbott | 4 | $99 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $88 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $88 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $81 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $71 |
| Merck | 5 | $69 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $58 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $25 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $25 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Vistapharm, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Althera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $3 |
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.
- TEPEZZA$125
How this compares
$7,948 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,321 family 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 775 | $286,356 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 194 | $217,439 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 206 | $214,625 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 420 | $213,591 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 186 | $212,590 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 369 | $197,362 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 162 | $156,729 |
| EliquisApixaban | 225 | $149,299 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 223 | $129,208 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 192 | $115,355 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 155 | $72,290 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 158 | $70,758 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 122 | $67,779 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 49 | $60,841 |
| Metformin Er GastricMetformin Hcl | 33 | $57,687 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess, Ubrelvy, Restasis, Synthroid | $1,796 | $477,016974 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $510 | $275,466255 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $88 | $217,439194 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Jentadueto | $58 | $214,057354 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $831 | $178,229185 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Nurtec Odt | $194 | $170,923236 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $200 | $72,290155 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $240 | $70,758158 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $69 | $67,926137 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $1,140 | $55,57233 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $142 | $53,30583 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $151 | $50,256119 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 90th percentile of 4,321 family medicine providers in New York.
Other family medicine in Brooklyn
- Michael YuryevBrooklyn$589K
- Matthew SpitzerBrooklyn$469K
- Walford LindoBrooklyn$104K
- Fu Fu HeBrooklyn$101K
- Jonathan ChangBrooklyn$66K
- Matthew DavisRochester$76.6M
- Frank EderBinghamton$46.2M
- Suchet PatelEndwell$23.3M
- James WildGowanda$2.2M
- Michael FedericoEndwell$1.4M
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.