Abdi Sameni
General Practice · Los Angeles, CANPI 1346385515
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.1%), speaking fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Carestream Dental, LLC at 49.1% of the total. Among general practice clinicians in CA 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 89 payments — averaging $3554.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carestream Dental, LLC$155K
- GC America Inc.$67K
- Kulzer, LLC$58K
- DMG America LLC$26K
- Kuraray America Inc.$7K
- Kerr Corporation$2K
- plus $2K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$155,32549%
- Speaking & faculty fees$143,85045%
- Grants$5,5642%
- Travel & lodging$2,1521%
- Food & beverage$1,6831%
- Education$6,5162%
- Gifts$1,1990%
- Entertainment$800%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carestream Dental, LLC | 4 | $155,325 |
| GC America Inc. | 29 | $66,608 |
| Kulzer, LLC | 19 | $57,524 |
| DMG America LLC | 21 | $25,643 |
| Kuraray America Inc. | 4 | $7,127 |
| Kerr Corporation | 4 | $1,773 |
| Garrison Dental Solutions | 1 | $1,131 |
| Kavo Dental Technologies LLC | 1 | $960 |
| Patterson Companies, Inc. | 3 | $135 |
| Keystone Dental Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| A-dec, Inc. | 2 | $64 |
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.
- G-aenial$56,530
- VENUS PEARL PLT REFILL A1$34,600
- MI Paste$28,000
- VENUS PEARL PLT REFILL 20X0,2G A1$17,750
- NEUN$15,500
- G-CEM$15,000
- G-aenial Sculpt$13,500
- G-CEM LinkForce$13,500
- LUXATEMP ULTRA$12,912
- G-aenial Universal Injectable$11,000
- Icon$9,228
- KALORE$8,500
- EQUIA$6,750
- LUXATEMP$5,000
- VENUS PEARL ONE$5,000
- VENUS BULK FLOW ONE$5,000
- ECOSITE ELEMENTS$4,408
- HONIGUM$3,500
- GC Fuji Automix LC$2,500
- HONIGUM PRO PUTTY$2,383
How this compares
$316,371 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 12,963 general practice providers in California.
Other general practice in Los Angeles
- Kent HwangLos Angeles$290K
- Kyle StanleyLos Angeles$259K
- Richard KimLos Angeles$97K
- Michael SchneiderLos Angeles$53K
- Ronald JeffersonLos Angeles$45K
- Nathan LiLancaster$5.2M
- Milton McCollSan Jose$4.9M
- Frederic MollRedwood City$2.5M
- Bradley ChingUpland$1.4M
- Eric BrassTorrance$755K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.