Eric Ball
Pediatrics · Lake Forest, CANPI 1316032972
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $12,284 of the $17,647 with a category attached, or 69.6%. Merck accounts for 64.4% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,420 and has fallen 85.5% since, to $642 in 2025. Among pediatrics 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.
Across 135 payments — averaging $130.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$11K
- Seqirus USA Inc$4K
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$336
- Tris Pharma Inc$334
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$268
- GSK$225
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,28470%
- Travel & lodging$2,53314%
- Food & beverage$2,83016%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 38 | $11,356 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 3 | $4,058 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 15 | $336 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 15 | $334 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 8 | $268 |
| GSK | 8 | $225 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 10 | $173 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 9 | $149 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $113 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $109 |
| Cognoa, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $80 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $54 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 2 | $33 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- FLUCELVAX QUADRIVALENT (MULTI-DOSE VIAL)$3,216
- BEYFORTUS$124
- FLUBLOK TRIVALENT NORTHERN HEMISPHERE$124
- NOVAVAX COVID-19 VACCINE$124
How this compares
$17,647 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Other pediatrics in Lake Forest
- Laurene MascolaLos Angeles$451K
- Tonya ChaffeeSan Francisco$359K
- Anthony PortaleSan Francisco$354K
- David KesslerSan Francisco$335K
- Lawrence SherRolling Hills Estates$297K
- Steven BlackOakland$228K
- Jonathan StroberSan Francisco$164K
- Hasmukh AminBakersfield$140K
- Colleen KraftNewport Beach$122K
- Lela BachrachOakland$119K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.