RxDoctor Payments Data

Anna Milstein, MD

Cardiovascular Disease · Los Angeles, CANPI 1003914227

Payments from drug & device makers

$42,330in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,137 payments — averaging $37.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Johnson & Johnson$21K
  • Amgen$2K
  • Novartis$2K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • Amarin Pharma, Inc.$1K
  • AbbVie$1K
  • plus $13K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$3001%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$17,95042%
  • Food & beverage$23,90356%
  • Education$1770%

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
Johnson & Johnson(3 entities)131$20,952
Amgen(2 entities)105$2,067
Novartis111$1,987
AstraZeneca78$1,520
Amarin Pharma, Inc.67$1,447
AbbVie(2 entities)64$1,412
Lilly USA, LLC43$904
Bayer40$877
GSK41$769
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC29$768
Pfizer30$733
Novo Nordisk34$714
Merck26$649
Edwards Lifesciences18$609
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.29$546
Boehringer Ingelheim22$503
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.23$470
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.22$400
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.24$388
Radius Health, Inc.13$365
IBSA Pharma Inc.18$353
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)10$260
Vifor Pharma, Inc.11$255
Shield Therapeutics Inc8$231
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$231
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.8$186
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.5$182
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.9$180
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.8$172
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.7$170
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc7$164
Vivus LLC8$148
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA7$129
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.6$118
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.4$107
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.5$105
Boston Scientific4$105
Eisai Inc.5$102
Fidia Pharma USA Inc.5$95
Scpharmaceuticals Inc.4$89
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC5$86
Tactile Systems Technology Inc4$74
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.3$72
Irhythm Technologies, Inc.2$66
UCB, Inc.2$66
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc3$60
Medtronic2$55
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.2$48
Heartflow, Inc.2$47
Baxter Healthcare2$39
Exact Sciences2$34
Zimmer Biomet1$31
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC1$29
Cvrx, Inc.1$26
Mylan Specialty L.p.1$23
Abbott1$22
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$19
Avanos Medical1$16
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.1$15
CMP Pharma, Inc.1$14

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

$42,330 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$879,854
Medicare patients
793
Services billed
10,952

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
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan1,409$983,089
CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase471$622,301
XareltoRivaroxaban959$572,869
MounjaroTirzepatide353$371,425
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol605$362,708
OzempicSemaglutide344$341,433
Diclofenac Sodium411$296,984
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl761$268,731
LinzessLinaclotide468$263,888
EliquisApixaban376$231,925
DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol435$218,457
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab350$213,921
Praluent PenAlirocumab347$182,635
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter204$134,989
MultaqDronedarone Hcl168$134,133

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
NovartisEntresto, Leqvio$1,987$1,072,4711,435 claims
AbbVieCreon, Linzess, Synthroid$1,412$933,0981,848 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$20,952$572,869959 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$904$410,395394 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$714$403,666399 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$1,520$362,708605 claims
PfizerEliquis, Nurtec Odt$733$326,995449 claims
MerckVerquvo, Januvia, Janumet Xr, Janumet$649$259,555423 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta$769$171,866279 claims
AmgenProlia, Evenity (2 Syringes)$2,067$160,46185 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq$768$134,133168 claims
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep$107$110,15265 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 85th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.

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