Sonali Lal, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Englewood, NJNPI 1538189642
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 103 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 55.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,339 and has fallen 65.9% since, to $456 in 2023. Among physical medicine and rehabilitation clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 103 payments — averaging $28.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$2K
- Boston Scientific$526
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$312
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$174
- AbbVie$96
- Johnson & Johnson$96
- plus $65 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,884100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 84 | $1,613 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $526 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $312 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $174 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $96 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $96 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $65 |
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.
- Magellan$312
- Influx$312
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$111
How this compares
$2,884 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 434 physical medicine and rehabilitation providers in New Jersey.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $235 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $94 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine and rehabilitation in Englewood
- Andrew HallEnglewood$5K
- Steven EscaldiEdison$70K
- Yekyung KongWest Orange$61K
- Joseph IbrahimBayonne$50K
- Steven KirshblumWest Orange$47K
- Joseph ValenzaChester$29K
- Christine GreissEdison$28K
- Bianca MartinezManasquan$25K
- Jason SmithCedar Knolls$19K
- Sandeep RathiLakewood$14K
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.