Elber Camacho
Hematology & Oncology · la Quinta, CANPI 1598761710
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,339 of the $15,371 with a category attached, or 60.8%. 59 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 27.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $6,399 and has fallen 76.3% since, to $1,517 in 2025.
Across 291 payments — averaging $52.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$4K
- Gilead$2K
- Epizyme, Inc.$2K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$707
- Johnson & Johnson$570
- Merck$499
- plus $6K from 53 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $4020.00 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.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$33K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,38028%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,50010%
- Food & beverage$9,33961%
- Education$1521%
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.
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
$15,371 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,363 hematology & oncology providers in California.
Other hematology & oncology in la Quinta
- Dennis SlamonLos Angeles$3.1M
- Sandra HorningStanford$2.5M
- Mohammadbagher ZiariCorona$2.5M
- George YaghmourLos Angeles$1.9M
- Robert VescioWest Hollywood$1.1M
- Kevin KellyLos Angeles$894K
- Johnny ChangEncino$884K
- Nitin RohatgiSacramento$814K
- Omid HamidSanta Monica$809K
- Catherine CoombsOrange$786K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.