Erik Kuecher
Medical · Walnut Creek, CANPI 1578956827
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 64 payments — averaging $19.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$387
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$158
- Kyowa Kirin, Inc.$97
- Biogen$65
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$52
- CSL Behring$51
- plus $431 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,239100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 28 | $387 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $158 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 5 | $97 |
| Biogen | 3 | $65 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $51 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Insightec,inc | 1 | $26 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Banner Life Sciences, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,239 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 2,087 medical providers in California.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.