Donald Phillips
Neurology · Orange, CANPI 1447485701
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $3,476 of the $4,647 with a category attached, or 74.8%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Neuropace, Inc. at 34.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,641 and has fallen 70.7% since, to $481 in 2025.
Across 24 payments — averaging $193.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neuropace, Inc.$2K
- Biocodex, Inc.$2K
- Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.$677
- UCB, Inc.$301
- SK Life Science, Inc.$226
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$77
- plus $243 from 7 others
Across 84 payments — averaging $2366.12 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.
- Immedica Pharma US, Inc.$102K
- UCB SA$82K
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$15K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,47675%
- Travel & lodging$3087%
- Food & beverage$85718%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neuropace, Inc. | 2 | $1,608 |
| Biocodex, Inc. | 1 | $1,516 |
| Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $677 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $301 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 3 | $226 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $64 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 2 | $56 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Novartis | 2 | $32 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $28 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $6 |
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.
- RNS Neurostimulator Kit$1,608
- DIACOMIT$1,516
How this compares
$4,647 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Other neurology in Orange
- Andrew BlumenfeldCarlsbad$4.9M
- Khashayar DashtipourLoma Linda$3.3M
- Regina BerkovichWest Hollywood$3M
- Daniel BandariNewport Beach$2.6M
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$2.4M
- Sandeep ThakkarIrvine$2M
- David LiebeskindLos Angeles$1.9M
- Jack SchimCarlsbad$1.7M
- Parshaw DorrizMission Viejo$1.5M
- Benjamin FrishbergCarlsbad$1.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.