Steven Heymsfield
Internal Medicine · New York, NYNPI 1568608347
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Eli Lilly at 34.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $15,888 and has fallen 81.3% since, to $2,967 in 2025. Among internal medicine clinicians in NY 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 56 payments — averaging $664.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$13K
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$5K
- Amgen$5K
- Regeneron$5K
- Pfizer$3K
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- plus $4K from 4 others
Across 28 payments — averaging $39,694 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.
- Pfizer$642K
- Eli Lilly$467K
- Novartis$2K
- Regeneron$614
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,08954%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,43828%
- Travel & lodging$3,87110%
- Food & beverage$7052%
- Other$2,0986%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 28 | $12,894 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $5,400 |
| Amgen | 4 | $5,364 |
| Regeneron | 8 | $4,655 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $3,200 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $2,158 |
| Butterfly Network, Inc. | 1 | $2,098 |
| Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 1 | $758 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $552 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $122 |
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.
- STEGLATRO$3,200
- Butterfly iQ$2,098
How this compares
$37,201 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 9,771 internal medicine providers in New York.
Other internal medicine in New York
- Stephen SaletanNew York$2.6M
- Ziad AliNew York$2M
- Ricky HsuNew York$1M
- James UnderbergNew York$953K
- Terry PlasseNew York$883K
- Krisczar BungayNew York$554K
- Eytan SteinNew York$496K
- Larry NeumanNew York$457K
- Wuhua JingNew York$338K
- Harvey SchneienNew York$334K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.