Craig Mueller
Family Medicine · Apple Valley, CANPI 1154375053
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 218 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 38.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $990 and has fallen 89.8% since, to $101 in 2024.
Across 218 payments — averaging $12.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$1K
- Novo Nordisk$613
- AstraZeneca$406
- AbbVie$316
- Novartis$218
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$51
- plus $139 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,807100%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 74 | $1,069 |
| Novo Nordisk | 76 | $613 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $406 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 31 | $316 |
| Novartis | 11 | $218 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $51 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,813 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Other family medicine in Apple Valley
- 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.