Cindy Peters
Acute Care · Long Beach, CANPI 1932115532
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,757 of the $6,820 with a category attached, or 84.4%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 33.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,514, 5.2 times the $486 reported in 2021. 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 188 payments — averaging $36.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$738
- Pfizer$538
- AstraZeneca$498
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$468
- plus $952 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$99715%
- Food & beverage$5,75784%
- Education$651%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 45 | $2,303 |
| Abiomed | 21 | $1,324 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 40 | $738 |
| Pfizer | 21 | $538 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $498 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 18 | $468 |
| Merck | 6 | $252 |
| Abbott | 8 | $168 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $142 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 5 | $72 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- WATCHMAN Access System$997
- Impella$539
- FARXIGA$351
- WATCHMAN FLX$269
- Assure WCD$262
- FUROSCIX$140
- RESONATE EL ICD VR$124
- VERQUVO$116
- LifeVest$111
- VYNDAQEL$107
How this compares
$6,820 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,153 acute care providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 14 | $11,400 |
| Dextrose In WaterDextrose 5 % In Water | 38 | $3,011 |
| Milrinone Lactate | 11 | $2,187 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 38 | $161 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 20 | $132 |
| Furosemide | 16 | $90 |
| Carvedilol | 12 | $82 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $38 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $538 | $11,40014 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 1,153 acute care providers in California.
Other acute care in Long Beach
- Melissa DodsonLong Beach$12K
- Eunice ChanLong Beach$6K
- 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
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.