David Shatz, MD
Surgical Critical Care · Sacramento, CANPI 1306800339
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (39.3%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 3 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 39.3% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for surgical critical care clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $1,135.
Across 8 payments — averaging $26.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$83
- Z-medica, LLC$74
- Masimo Corporation$54
Across 3 payments — averaging $184,599 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.
- Merck$554K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7435%
- Food & beverage$5426%
- Education$8339%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $83 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 4 | $74 |
| Masimo Corporation | 3 | $54 |
How this compares
$212 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 141 surgical critical 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.
Other surgical critical care in Sacramento
- Kathleen RomanowskiSacramento$12K
- Aaron StrumwasserLynwood$200K
- Demetrios DemetriadesLos Angeles$192K
- David SpainPalo Alto$117K
- Brian LugoPasadena$61K
- Matthew BloomSan Jose$42K
- Scott CunneenLos Angeles$35K
- Nicholas NissenLos Angeles$26K
- Alan PangFresno$22K
- Amy LiepertSan Diego$22K
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.