Edith Gonzalez-Werner, MD
Family Medicine · la Quinta, CANPI 1699810838
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 341 payments — averaging $17.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$694
- AstraZeneca$601
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$525
- Amgen$489
- Lilly USA, LLC$394
- Johnson & Johnson$367
- plus $3K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,989100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 61 | $694 |
| AstraZeneca | 33 | $601 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 38 | $525 |
| Amgen | 17 | $489 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 21 | $394 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $367 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 17 | $313 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 24 | $293 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $256 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 26 | $254 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 7 | $249 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $246 |
| GSK | 7 | $225 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $187 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $186 |
| Merck | 7 | $111 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 5 | $110 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $91 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $62 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $54 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Abbott | 2 | $37 |
| Novartis | 2 | $33 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $29 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $22 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 1 | $16 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Repatha$239
- INJECTAFER$125
- NURTEC ODT$125
- NEXTSTELLIS$123
- NEXLIZET$107
- NEXLETOL$107
How this compares
$5,989 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Medicare billing
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 88 | $69,917 |
| EliquisApixaban | 57 | $64,602 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 54 | $50,477 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 33 | $41,652 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 34 | $34,991 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 43 | $33,725 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 29 | $29,258 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 30 | $27,795 |
| Xultophy 100-3.6Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide | 15 | $19,120 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 18 | $18,993 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 15 | $10,198 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 474 | $5,831 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 284 | $3,826 |
| Omeprazole | 168 | $2,882 |
| Gabapentin | 151 | $2,657 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskRybelsus, Ozempic, Xultophy 100-3.6 | $694 | $90,03077 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $601 | $69,91788 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $54 | $64,60257 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $111 | $50,47754 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $367 | $34,99134 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $62 | $33,72543 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $313 | $27,79530 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $394 | $18,99318 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $225 | $10,19815 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $256 | $1,37915 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Other family medicine in la Quinta
- Amina HaggagNorthridge$112.8M
- Steven ReynoldsLong Beach$53M
- Rizwana MohseniLake Forest$26.7M
- Daniel JohnsonSan Diego$15.7M
- Stacey LayleSan Diego$14.8M
- Apinya VutikullirdCypress$14.3M
- Hanid AudishSpring Valley$13.6M
- Augusto FocilOxnard$12.6M
- Jack VuLong Beach$10.1M
- Suzanne FussellOxnard$8.9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.