Allan Akerman, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Orange, CANPI 1396714184
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 332 payments — averaging $189.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$52K
- Aspira Women's Health Inc$6K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Covidien LP$1K
- Avion Pharmaceuticals$234
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$204
- plus $3K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,9403%
- Speaking & faculty fees$49,97579%
- Travel & lodging$4,4907%
- Food & beverage$6,42310%
- Education$940%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 172 | $51,525 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 9 | $6,427 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $1,013 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $1,000 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 16 | $234 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $204 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 9 | $201 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 11 | $198 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 14 | $191 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 8 | $168 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 6 | $165 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 7 | $149 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 7 | $145 |
| BD | 4 | $127 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 6 | $123 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 4 | $105 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $98 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Coloplast | 3 | $79 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 3 | $62 |
| Bayer | 3 | $60 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $57 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Medicem Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Millicent US Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Merck | 2 | $39 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $34 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Biogen | 1 | $27 |
| Dysis Medical, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Organon | 2 | $25 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $23 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Meditrina | 1 | $14 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$62,922 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,784 obstetrics & gynecology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 29 | $18,481 |
| PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated | 12 | $5,963 |
| Estradiol | 113 | $4,824 |
| DottiEstradiol | 15 | $2,631 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 21 | $2,268 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 34 | $1,423 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 19 | $237 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 14 | $116 |
| Metronidazole | 11 | $99 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $93 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 12 | $82 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $204 | $18,48129 claims |
| PfizerPremarin | $98 | $5,96312 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 95th percentile of 3,784 obstetrics & gynecology providers in California.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Orange
- Juan VelezOrange$215K
- Peyman BanooniBeverly Hills$9.2M
- Vellore BhupathyWhittier$4.3M
- Edwin RamirezOxnard$3.5M
- Nam TranSan Francisco$3M
- Dmitriy RomanenkoSouth Gate$2.7M
- Anita NelsonTorrance$2.1M
- Oleg BessLos Angeles$1.7M
- Rovena ReaganSan Diego$1.7M
- Dana Shippdel Mar$1.7M
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.