Sofiya Kuras
Medical · New York, NYNPI 1437227691
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 327 payments — averaging $21.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$2K
- Merck$967
- Boehringer Ingelheim$798
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$669
- AstraZeneca$404
- Amgen$330
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,10399%
- Education$721%
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 | 82 | $1,580 |
| Merck | 48 | $967 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 27 | $798 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 41 | $669 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $404 |
| Amgen | 16 | $330 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 13 | $304 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 10 | $256 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $231 |
| Bayer | 9 | $198 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 5 | $186 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $167 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $142 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $135 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $127 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 4 | $105 |
| GSK | 4 | $105 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $97 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 4 | $88 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Medicomp Inc | 1 | $31 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $26 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $23 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $21 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$7,175 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,395 medical providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Furosemide | 11 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other medical in New York
- Michele Kissous-HuntNew York$246K
- Laura MaroldoNew York$126K
- Maureen ThyneNew York$109K
- Helen AdamsNew York$87K
- Hailey BrickmanNew York$82K
- Maria BaldoNew York$40K
- Michael QuerijeroNew York$32K
- Meiting LiangNew York$25K
- Karina SodenNew York$23K
- Valentin BonillaNew York$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.