David Ying
Rheumatology · San Francisco, CANPI 1730421116
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.3% of the total across 99 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 25.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,118 and has fallen 82.1% since, to $200 in 2025.
Across 99 payments — averaging $28.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$716
- AbbVie$507
- Boehringer Ingelheim$322
- Pfizer$241
- Novartis$205
- AstraZeneca$149
- plus $653 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1405%
- Food & beverage$2,63394%
- Education$201%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 27 | $716 |
| AbbVie | 19 | $507 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $322 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $241 |
| Novartis | 5 | $205 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $149 |
| GSK | 4 | $121 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $117 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $61 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $57 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $41 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $26 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 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.
How this compares
$2,792 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 808 rheumatology providers in California.
Other rheumatology in San Francisco
- Sudhakar TumuluriSan Francisco$2.8M
- Lianne GenslerSan Francisco$296K
- Arthur WeissSan Francisco$100K
- David WofsySan Francisco$82K
- Ara DikranianSan Diego$2.2M
- Orrin TroumSanta Monica$1.8M
- Robin DoreTustin$1.5M
- Samy MetyasCovina$1.3M
- Rhonda LambertSan Mateo$1.1M
- William ShielMission Viejo$924K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.