Sara Blitenthal
Primary Care · Jamaica, NYNPI 1801671706
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.5% of the total across 72 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 72 payments — averaging $21.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$235
- Lilly USA, LLC$200
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$144
- GSK$124
- AstraZeneca$107
- Amgen$100
- plus $640 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,48196%
- Education$694%
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 | 11 | $235 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $200 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $144 |
| GSK | 6 | $124 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $107 |
| Amgen | 4 | $100 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $95 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 5 | $89 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $48 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $35 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $22 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $20 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $19 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,550 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 239 primary care providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 15 | $23,836 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 24 | $21,241 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $9,284 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 110 | $1,145 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 42 | $1,125 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 13 | $902 |
| Amlodipine-ValsartanAmlodipine Besylate/Valsartan | 12 | $864 |
| Repaglinide | 25 | $645 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 24 | $643 |
| Cyanocobalamin InjectionCyanocobalamin (Vitamin B-12) | 12 | $553 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 28 | $450 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 89 | $438 |
| Losartan Potassium | 62 | $422 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 26 | $414 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 24 | $353 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $20 | $23,83615 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $107 | $9,28411 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 80th percentile of 239 primary care providers in New York.
Other primary care in Jamaica
- Dorothy KleinertNew York$27K
- Stephanie KhanForest Hills$16K
- Albert MarcanoJackson Heights$15K
- Elizabeth GattmanJamestown$10K
- Vanessa WangFlushing$10K
- Elizabeth SmithWaterloo$9K
- Eric RodriguezSyracuse$7K
- Natalie Sommerville-BrooksBrooklyn$6K
- Lisa PlanetaNew York$6K
- Pao-Ju TsengFlushing$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.