Diana Girnita
Rheumatology · Sunnyvale, CANPI 1922378116
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $38,890 of the $44,253 with a category attached, or 87.9%. Amgen accounts for 68.8% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $42,097 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $165 in 2025.
Across 182 payments — averaging $243.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$30K
- UCB, Inc.$8K
- UCB SA$4K
- AbbVie$579
- Lilly USA, LLC$312
- Pfizer$217
- plus $746 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$38,89088%
- Travel & lodging$2,6986%
- Food & beverage$2,6576%
- Education$70%
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) | 30 | $30,441 |
| UCB, Inc. | 16 | $7,629 |
| UCB SA | 1 | $4,330 |
| AbbVie | 38 | $579 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 31 | $312 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $217 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $153 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $137 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $133 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $124 |
| Novartis | 8 | $111 |
| GSK | 5 | $73 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 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
$44,253 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 808 rheumatology providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisone | 21 | $218 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other rheumatology in Sunnyvale
- Sudhakar TumuluriSan Francisco$2.8M
- 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
- Mark BoriginiDowney$920K
- Adam KreitenbergTarzana$863K
- Roger KornuTustin$802K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.