Stacey Rifkin-Zenenberg
Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Hackensack, NJNPI 1376519157
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (57.9%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. at 36.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,790, more than ten times the $135 reported in 2019. Among hospice and palliative medicine clinicians in NJ 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 31 payments — averaging $602.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.$7K
- Genetix Biotherapeutics Inc$7K
- Vertex$5K
- Sanofi$200
- Novartis$135
- Novo Nordisk$125
- plus $57 from 3 others
Across 81 payments — averaging $7945.52 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Genetix Biotherapeutics Inc$319K
- Sanofi$243K
- Pfizer$44K
- Novartis$27K
- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,80258%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,42529%
- Travel & lodging$1,2016%
- Food & beverage$1,2357%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $6,733 |
| Genetix Biotherapeutics Inc | 9 | $6,573 |
| Vertex | 7 | $4,840 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $200 |
| Novartis | 1 | $135 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $125 |
| RARE Disease Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $19 |
| Medunik USA Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$18,663 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 38 hospice and palliative medicine providers in New Jersey.
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Other hospice and palliative medicine in Hackensack
- Jose ContrerasHackensack$279
- Anil DesaiHackensack$75
- Kenneth AdessaParsippany$16K
- Ramy SedhomPlainsboro$3K
- Anjali DesaiMorristown$3K
- Keith PasichowLong Branch$834
- Ilene LauferWest New York$666
- Vandana SharmaNeptune$653
- Christopher BolichCamden$583
- Maria ShindlerMorristown$514
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.