Anna Varughese
Adult Health · Long Beach, CANPI 1467536052
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 36 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 9.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among adult health clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 36 payments — averaging $114.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$372
- AbbVie$354
- Boehringer Ingelheim$341
- GSK$307
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$244
- Argenx US, Inc.$241
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,115100%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $372 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $354 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $341 |
| GSK | 3 | $307 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $244 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 2 | $241 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $241 |
| Amgen | 2 | $239 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $227 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $149 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $131 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $120 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $117 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $107 |
| Biogen | 1 | $96 |
| Gilead | 1 | $90 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Gen-probe Sales & Service, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $85 |
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
$4,115 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 785 adult health providers in California.
Other adult health in Long Beach
- Jennifer VicenteLong Beach$6K
- Karolina FaysmanLos Angeles$1.1M
- Linda BuckLos Angeles$170K
- Naomi PesynaAnaheim$141K
- Stacy GrissenEncinitas$82K
- Kimberly PodsadaSan Diego$78K
- Brenda PatrickSan Leandro$68K
- Brittany PolizziEncinitas$35K
- Nancy NicolosiLaguna Woods$31K
- Michele WestendorfNewport Beach$30K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.