Connie Lin
Acute Care · Garden Grove, CANPI 1265100317
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 468 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 28.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,592 and has fallen 68.9% since, to $805 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 468 payments — averaging $17.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$1K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$1K
- QOL Medical, LLC$381
- Ardelyx, Inc.$319
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$293
- plus $3K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,404100%
- Education$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 140 | $2,358 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 74 | $1,336 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 84 | $1,054 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 15 | $381 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 12 | $319 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 8 | $293 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $246 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 13 | $241 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $237 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $227 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 10 | $187 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $177 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $176 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 4 | $107 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $105 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $94 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $94 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 6 | $92 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Albireo Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $73 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $69 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $26 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $24 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $19 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Gilead | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$8,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,153 acute care providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XifaxanRifaximin | 33 | $86,838 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 55 | $53,421 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 21 | $39,448 |
| Mesalamine | 19 | $19,773 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 417 | $6,847 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 120 | $6,763 |
| Omeprazole | 275 | $5,363 |
| Famotidine | 105 | $1,881 |
| Ursodiol | 12 | $1,413 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 21 | $1,159 |
| Lactulose | 16 | $1,035 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 32 | $780 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 20 | $714 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 17 | $439 |
| Hydrocortisone | 21 | $382 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon | $2,358 | $92,86976 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $1,336 | $86,83833 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 Garden Grove
- 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).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.