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Amir Shokrae, MD

Neurology · Orange, CANPI 1306934112

Payments from drug & device makers

$35,303in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,690 payments — averaging $20.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$3K
  • Biogen$3K
  • UCB, Inc.$3K
  • Novartis$2K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • SK Life Science, Inc.$2K
  • plus $21K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$30%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$1140%
  • Food & beverage$35,142100%
  • Education$450%

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
AbbVie(2 entities)171$3,493
Biogen122$2,700
UCB, Inc.83$2,608
Novartis144$2,107
AstraZeneca(2 entities)80$1,991
SK Life Science, Inc.78$1,565
Lundbeck LLC62$1,464
EMD Serono, Inc.85$1,241
Eisai Inc.49$1,134
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.47$1,063
Amgen(2 entities)42$916
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC50$871
Lilly USA, LLC46$834
Argenx US, Inc.34$764
Pfizer38$710
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.31$661
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.24$645
Bristol Myers Squibb32$631
CSL Behring23$608
TG Therapeutics, Inc.27$607
Sanofi24$569
Genentech USA, Inc.19$518
Harmony Biosciences LLC13$455
Grifols USA, LLC18$440
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.41$399
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC13$370
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc19$368
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.16$348
MDD US Operations, LLC19$336
Banner Life Sciences, LLC16$324
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc11$317
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.16$309
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.21$303
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.16$249
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.11$246
Johnson & Johnson13$237
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11$230
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.11$199
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.4$193
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.9$191
Livanova USA, Inc.9$177
Octapharma USA, Inc.6$176
Neurelis, Inc.8$173
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.7$162
GE HealthCare2$151
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc7$131
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC8$124
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.6$114
Abbott6$111
Merck7$96
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.4$78
Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC5$76
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.3$59
Medtronic2$55
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.2$51
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.2$44
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc2$41
Neuropace, Inc.2$38
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$32
Corium, LLC1$21

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

$35,303 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$419,334
Medicare patients
764
Services billed
19,826

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
Avonex Pen (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a33$251,893
PrivigenImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-5016$192,822
Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov5025$190,563
RebifInterferon Beta-1a/Albumin14$156,213
IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate11$94,316
Avonex (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a11$88,000
Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 4614$85,523
CopaxoneGlatiramer Acetate15$83,620
NuplazidPimavanserin Tartrate11$70,488
BriviactBrivaracetam24$34,340
RexultiBrexpiprazole21$29,772
NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine14$24,646
Memantine Hcl636$23,987
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa25$22,897
QuliptaAtogepant13$17,956

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
CSL BehringPrivigen$608$192,82216 claims
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Gammagard Liquid$348$190,56325 claims
EMD Serono, Inc.Rebif$1,241$156,21314 claims
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza$1,063$94,31611 claims
BiogenAvonex (4 Pack)$2,700$88,00011 claims
Grifols USA, LLCGamunex-C$440$85,52314 claims
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Copaxone$661$83,62015 claims
Acadia Pharmaceuticals IncNuplazid$317$70,48811 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact$2,608$34,34024 claims
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti$162$29,77221 claims
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta$249$24,64614 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary$871$22,89725 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 1,996 neurology providers in California.

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