Rocco Cortese
Family · Garden City, NYNPI 1790004372
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 417 payments — averaging $18.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1K
- Merck$790
- Pfizer$778
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$683
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$527
- Abbott$490
- plus $3K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,775100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 66 | $1,148 |
| Merck | 44 | $790 |
| Pfizer | 56 | $778 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 52 | $683 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 23 | $527 |
| Abbott | 17 | $490 |
| Amgen | 25 | $456 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 15 | $390 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $342 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 15 | $259 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $233 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 10 | $201 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $182 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 11 | $167 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $160 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $160 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $106 |
| Medicomp Inc | 2 | $96 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $92 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 3 | $74 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| CMP Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $27 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $23 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $15 |
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
$7,775 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,883 family providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 100 | $136,896 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 37 | $59,826 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 41 | $54,698 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 21 | $17,758 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 11 | $11,647 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 51 | $3,470 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 164 | $3,102 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 26 | $1,183 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 24 | $1,075 |
| Losartan Potassium | 99 | $967 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 93 | $885 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 79 | $882 |
| Torsemide | 30 | $744 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 120 | $555 |
| Carvedilol | 64 | $548 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $778 | $136,896100 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $1,148 | $59,82637 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $342 | $54,69841 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $160 | $11,64711 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 8,883 family providers in New York.
Other family in Garden City
- Christina NalboneNew York$197K
- Casey GrilloNew York$191K
- Suzanne WilsonIthaca$179K
- Jonathan LesuerSyracuse$172K
- Sheri HillNorth Syracuse$165K
- Cathrine CurtinBronxville$155K
- Mary Sullivan-WhalenNew York$137K
- Sarah AljahmiRockville Centre$87K
- John de OcaStaten Island$86K
- Fara StrickerGlen Oaks$85K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.