Carol Barnes-Blanks
Family Medicine · Lake Forest, CANPI 1720009152
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $289,375 of the $299,451 with a category attached, or 96.6%. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $89,893 and has fallen 50.8% since, to $44,267 in 2025. Among family medicine 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 197 payments — averaging $1520.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$299K
- GSK$36
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$289,37597%
- Travel & lodging$9,4113%
- Food & beverage$6650%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 195 | $299,414 |
| GSK | 2 | $36 |
How this compares
$299,451 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Other family medicine in Lake Forest
- Sherly SoleimanEncino$1.2M
- Pamela KushnerLos Angeles$1.2M
- Sujata NarayanStanford$1.2M
- Jeffrey UngerChino$906K
- Alexander RivkinLos Angeles$866K
- Scott HowellLos Angeles$793K
- Derrick ButlerLos Angeles$692K
- Sandra CalmanMontara$589K
- Anthony JonesOakland$377K
- Amira AyadBakersfield$360K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.