Eric Lovato
Surgical · Banning, CANPI 1194763342
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $12,930 of the $16,013 with a category attached, or 80.7%. It is spread thinly across 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among surgical 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 559 payments — averaging $28.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$3K
- AbbVie$2K
- Novartis$1K
- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.$994
- Johnson & Johnson$862
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$852
- plus $7K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,00012%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5003%
- Travel & lodging$2191%
- Food & beverage$12,93081%
- Education$3642%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 32 | $3,080 |
| AbbVie | 105 | $1,944 |
| Novartis | 57 | $1,144 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 23 | $994 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 36 | $862 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 37 | $852 |
| Sanofi | 23 | $808 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 26 | $806 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 46 | $694 |
| UCB, Inc. | 27 | $681 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 38 | $650 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 19 | $581 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $542 |
| Amgen | 14 | $349 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $251 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $247 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 5 | $240 |
| Incyte Corporation | 8 | $196 |
| Organon | 3 | $189 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 5 | $174 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $95 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 3 | $90 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Almirall LLC | 3 | $80 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $60 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 3 | $52 |
| Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Krystal Biotech Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$16,013 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 729 surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluocinonide | 20 | $915 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 11 | $776 |
| Ketoconazole | 41 | $663 |
| Minoxidil | 15 | $307 |
| Nystatin-TriamcinoloneNystatin/Triamcinolone Acet | 11 | $305 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 13 | $220 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 13 | $155 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 15 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Banning
- Lauren AmicoVista$989K
- Cheyanne MallasWest Hollywood$199K
- Laura PietrzakMarina del Rey$63K
- Jane HartiganSanta Rosa$27K
- Kenny NgoPalo Alto$25K
- Crispin MarRancho Santa Margarita$23K
- Robert FrostRancho Santa Margarita$22K
- Audie LeeSan Francisco$21K
- Gregory BrunetSanta Barbara$20K
- Jeffrey BulgerRancho Santa Margarita$15K
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.