RxDoctor Payments Data

Diego Cavenaghi, CRNA

Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered · Bakersfield, CANPI 1780962175

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 104 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Shockwave Medical, Inc at 38.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,265 and has fallen 64.7% since, to $446 in 2025. Among nurse anesthetist, certified registered 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.

$3,610in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 104 payments — averaging $34.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Shockwave Medical, Inc$1K
  • Angiodynamics, Inc.$1K
  • Abbott$268
  • Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$138
  • Philips North America LLC$120
  • Medtronic$109
  • plus $570 from 12 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$3,610100%

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

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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.

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

$3,610 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,311 nurse anesthetist, certified registered providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$559,003
Medicare patients
384
Services billed
1,716

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 nurse anesthetist, certified registered in Bakersfield

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