Dennis Shults
Family Medicine · Brea, CANPI 1043370026
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $285,625 of the $287,262 with a category attached, or 99.4%. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $106,103, 5.9 times the $17,875 reported in 2021. Among family medicine 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 132 payments — averaging $2176.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$287K
- Smith+Nephew$125
- Novo Nordisk$32
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$285,62599%
- Travel & lodging$1,0040%
- Food & beverage$1250%
- Education$5070%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 130 | $287,104 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $125 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $32 |
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
$287,262 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Other family medicine in Brea
- 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.