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Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · la Jolla, CANPI 1922105964

Payments from drug & device makers

$5,966,747in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 4,544 payments — averaging $1313.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Novo Nordisk AS$3.5M
  • Medtronic$1.1M
  • Eli Lilly$563K
  • Dexcom, Inc.$382K
  • Novo Nordisk$156K
  • Sequel Med Tech, LLC$68K
  • plus $144K from 17 others
$42,765in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 51 payments — averaging $838.54 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Novo Nordisk AS$25K
  • Medtronic$8K
  • Eli Lilly$6K
  • Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$2K
  • Corcept Therapeutics$2K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$296,92952%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$43,8588%
  • Travel & lodging$223,56039%
  • Food & beverage$8,8682%
  • Education$5350%

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.

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

$5,966,747 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 952 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$25,726
Medicare patients
153
Services billed
954

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
OzempicSemaglutide79$129,430
JardianceEmpagliflozin42$50,816
MounjaroTirzepatide20$26,169
Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/716$16,974
TrulicityDulaglutide12$15,333
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol14$11,161
Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec12$5,829
Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog15$1,239
Metformin Hcl33$522
Glipizide11$410
Amitriptyline Hcl13$285
Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl13$178

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
Novo NordiskOzempic$155,859$129,43079 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity$8,986$41,50232 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 952 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in California.

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