Rimma Pichkar, DO
Family Medicine · Brooklyn, NYNPI 1174592836
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 498 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among family 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 498 payments — averaging $41.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$4K
- AbbVie$4K
- Amgen$3K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$931
- Novo Nordisk$846
- plus $6K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$20,770100%
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 | 100 | $4,230 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 86 | $3,911 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 77 | $3,489 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $1,234 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $931 |
| Novo Nordisk | 33 | $846 |
| GSK | 19 | $814 |
| Bayer | 20 | $633 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $624 |
| Merck | 20 | $480 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 24 | $397 |
| Novartis | 16 | $383 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 12 | $295 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $269 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $259 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $221 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $165 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $155 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $147 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 8 | $143 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $130 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $129 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $102 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $29 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$20,770 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 99 | $107,760 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 64 | $62,782 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 46 | $50,505 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 108 | $47,964 |
| Omeprazole-Sodium BicarbonateOmeprazole/Sodium Bicarbonate | 23 | $43,959 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 119 | $41,835 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 26 | $36,724 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 30 | $33,766 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 46 | $31,456 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 46 | $31,180 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 59 | $30,553 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 31 | $25,773 |
| EliquisApixaban | 38 | $21,006 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 12 | $20,132 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 36 | $16,472 |
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, Qulipta, Synthroid | $3,911 | $170,387257 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $846 | $70,48956 claims |
| MerckJanumet, Januvia, Belsomra | $480 | $63,21492 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $52 | $62,78264 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $931 | $50,50546 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $1,234 | $37,49359 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $165 | $21,00638 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $3,489 | $20,13212 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $259 | $16,47236 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $4,230 | $15,37339 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCTrulance | $397 | $9,81119 claims |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Edarbi | $129 | $7,59430 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 95th percentile of 4,321 family medicine providers in New York.
Other family medicine in Brooklyn
- Walford LindoBrooklyn$104K
- Fu Fu HeBrooklyn$101K
- Jonathan ChangBrooklyn$66K
- Rui TengBrooklyn$39K
- Wei WangBrooklyn$26K
- Raymond ChanBrooklyn$25K
- Mikhail KorogluyevBrooklyn$24K
- Louis BonavitaEast Syracuse$674K
- Martin MahoneyBuffalo$520K
- Scott BrehautClinton$514K
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.