RxDoctor Payments Data

Afshine Emrani, MD

Cardiovascular Disease · Tarzana, CANPI 1356360887

Payments from drug & device makers

$27,719in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,238 payments — averaging $22.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$5K
  • AbbVie$3K
  • Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$2K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • Johnson & Johnson$1K
  • Abbott$1K
  • plus $14K from 52 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$27,52499%
  • Education$1951%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Amgen(2 entities)184$4,834
AbbVie(2 entities)141$3,359
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.57$1,718
AstraZeneca76$1,696
Johnson & Johnson58$1,239
Abbott35$1,153
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.61$1,059
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC53$938
Novartis54$902
Edwards Lifesciences20$846
Pfizer56$838
Novo Nordisk41$802
Lilly USA, LLC40$769
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.37$750
GSK38$719
Boehringer Ingelheim26$618
Radius Health, Inc.22$601
Amarin Pharma, Inc.24$516
Merck18$366
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.17$351
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.14$334
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc15$332
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC15$325
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.17$276
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.13$269
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.11$204
Heartflow, Inc.8$189
Gilead17$187
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.7$177
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$125
Scpharmaceuticals Inc.1$103
Bayer4$90
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)3$87
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.5$85
Astellas Pharma US Inc4$78
IBSA Pharma Inc.4$77
Alvogen Inc3$71
Circassia Inc.4$63
Insmed, Inc.2$59
Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.2$52
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc2$48
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$45
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.2$43
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.2$34
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$34
Corcept Therapeutics1$31
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$28
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)2$24
Biotronik Inc.1$23
Shield Therapeutics Inc1$22
Medtronic1$21
Vertiflex, Inc.1$18
Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd1$16
Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$16
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$15
Vifor Pharma, Inc.1$15
Ortho-clinical Diagnostics, Inc.1$15
Exact Sciences1$13

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

$27,719 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$8,158,349
Medicare patients
1,372
Services billed
370,182

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
ProliaDenosumab505$884,713
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab895$604,907
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl1,347$571,749
OzempicSemaglutide413$496,663
EliquisApixaban557$481,799
JardianceEmpagliflozin425$379,522
XareltoRivaroxaban288$283,200
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol236$246,206
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan214$225,401
MounjaroTirzepatide194$218,452
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter282$200,408
NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe312$186,308
Icosapent Ethyl886$181,391
Diclofenac Sodium331$175,807
LinzessLinaclotide229$156,075

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AmgenProlia, Evenity (2 Syringes)$4,834$968,775540 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$802$533,106436 claims
PfizerEliquis, Nurtec Odt$838$530,204579 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$618$506,722608 claims
AbbVieLinzess, Vraylar, Creon$3,359$389,519372 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere$1,696$350,338394 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$769$288,769252 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$1,239$283,200288 claims
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Edarbyclor, Edarbi, Horizant$276$234,628563 claims
NovartisEntresto$902$225,401214 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta$719$200,408282 claims
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet$1,059$186,308312 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.

Other cardiovascular disease in Tarzana

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