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Elaine Chen, PA

Medical · South Pasadena, CANPI 1962968032

Payments from drug & device makers

$12,436in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 496 payments — averaging $25.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$2K
  • UCB, Inc.$1K
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$835
  • AstraZeneca$696
  • Harmony Biosciences LLC$666
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$560
  • plus $7K from 53 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$3503%
  • Food & beverage$11,97496%
  • Education$1111%

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie76$1,532
UCB, Inc.79$1,395
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.27$835
AstraZeneca(2 entities)22$696
Harmony Biosciences LLC19$666
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.20$560
Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC14$528
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.9$472
Lilly USA, LLC17$426
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.19$372
Pfizer16$358
Novartis23$325
Bristol Myers Squibb10$323
Biogen18$306
Lundbeck LLC10$274
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$236
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.8$197
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc5$188
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.10$183
Boston Scientific2$170
Neurelis, Inc.7$165
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$159
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$140
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.1$137
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$128
SK Life Science, Inc.4$107
Grifols USA, LLC4$94
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc3$83
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC4$83
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.3$81
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.4$79
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.3$77
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)3$73
Sanofi3$68
Eisai Inc.3$66
Corium, LLC2$63
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.3$61
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.2$56
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC2$52
C2n Diagnostics, LLC1$49
Amgen2$48
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$47
Microtransponder, Inc.1$46
EMD Serono, Inc.2$45
Globus Medical2$43
Merck2$38
Banner Life Sciences, LLC2$37
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$36
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.1$33
Tonix Medicines, Inc.1$26
Greenwich Biosciences, Inc.1$26
Impel Pharmaceuticals LLC1$25
Abbott1$24
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC1$24
Heron Therapeutics, Inc.1$21
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.1$17
MDD US Operations, LLC1$14
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$13
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$12

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

$12,436 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,087 medical providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$48,806
Medicare patients
206
Services billed
393

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Sodium Oxybate23$392,403
WakixPitolisant Hcl28$317,389
XywavSodium,calcium,mag,pot Oxybate16$315,966
Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov5013$128,549
BriviactBrivaracetam16$23,125
SunosiSolriamfetol Hcl21$17,961
Modafinil50$14,330
BelsomraSuvorexant14$7,429
Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine21$2,261
Armodafinil44$1,920
Zolpidem Tartrate ErZolpidem Tartrate12$1,056
Gabapentin94$989
Lacosamide20$873
Memantine Hcl28$868
Zaleplon35$602

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Harmony Biosciences LLCWakix$666$317,38928 claims
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Gammagard Liquid$77$128,54913 claims
UCB, Inc.Briviact$1,395$23,12516 claims
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.Sunosi$372$17,96121 claims
MerckBelsomra$38$7,42914 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$83$12016 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 95th percentile of 2,087 medical providers in California.

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