Chienying Liu, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · San Francisco, CANPI 1649237975
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.. That places this record below the midpoint for endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $1,096.
Across 1 payment — averaging $148.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$148
Across 43 payments — averaging $9420.14 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.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$405K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$148100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
How this compares
$148 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 952 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in California.
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Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| IsturisaOsilodrostat Phosphate | 19 | $2,086,158 |
| Teriparatide | 20 | $47,042 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 66 | $7,224 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 341 | $4,314 |
| Hydrocortisone | 36 | $1,828 |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | 12 | $831 |
| Methimazole | 32 | $544 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 59 | $386 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Lewis BlevinsSan Francisco$166K
- Wade AubrySan Francisco$79K
- Marc HellersteinSan Francisco$56K
- Juan FriasSan Diego$1.4M
- Joselito CabaccanSan Jose$1.4M
- Daniel NadeauNewport Beach$1.2M
- Yehuda HandelsmanTarzana$1M
- Helen BaronRancho Mirage$958K
- Ken FujiokaSan Diego$747K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.