Dale Buche
Psychiatry · Salinas, CANPI 1609915479
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.0% of the total across 161 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 27.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,532 and has fallen 94.7% since, to $81 in 2023.
Across 161 payments — averaging $22.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$961
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$581
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$520
- Johnson & Johnson$364
- AbbVie$276
- Alkermes, Inc.$167
- plus $695 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,52699%
- Education$371%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 40 | $961 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 26 | $581 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 29 | $520 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $364 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 18 | $276 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 8 | $167 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $161 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $138 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 6 | $120 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 3 | $64 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$3,563 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,954 psychiatry providers in California.
Other psychiatry in Salinas
- Gustavo AlvaOrange$5.8M
- John KooSan Francisco$3M
- Jason KelloggIrvine$2.7M
- Jonathan MeyerSan Diego$2.3M
- Charles Tuan-Tu NguyenIrvine$2.1M
- Manoj WaikarLos Gatos$1.9M
- Gerald MaguireSan Juan Capistraco$1.8M
- Salima BrillmanSunnyvale$1.4M
- Bibi DasStanford$1.4M
- Konstantinos TripodisBurbank$1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.