Carlyn Fostakowsky
Acute Care · Santa Monica, CANPI 1760754659
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.8%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 30.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,703 and has fallen 85.7% since, to $529 in 2025. Among acute care clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 130 payments — averaging $56.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.$2K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1K
- Boston Scientific$387
- Medtronic$324
- Johnson & Johnson$255
- plus $847 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,83525%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,26017%
- Travel & lodging$6158%
- Food & beverage$3,52348%
- Education$1332%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 44 | $2,274 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $1,820 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $1,459 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $387 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $324 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $255 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $235 |
| Abbott | 6 | $175 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $143 |
| Novartis | 5 | $92 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $22 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $20 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $15 |
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
$7,366 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,153 acute care providers in California.
Other acute care in Santa Monica
- Leslie PetersenCamarillo$370K
- Joyce KhremianSan Dimas$73K
- Eleanor VierraSacramento$64K
- Frances DyLos Angeles$57K
- Savannah HarrisVentura$56K
- Kori Ann JohnstonLos Angeles$42K
- Caroline KwongOrange$42K
- Gregory KnutzenColton$41K
- Sunita BoparaiLos Angeles$37K
- Sherona BauLos Angeles$32K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.