Fardin Hakakian
Podiatrist · Tarzana, CANPI 1801812359
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $374 of the $475 with a category attached, or 78.8%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merz North America, Inc. at 26.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $134 and has fallen 86.8% since, to $18 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for podiatrist clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $730.
Across 25 payments — averaging $18.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$125
- Trevena, Inc.$113
- Stryker$106
- Abbott$60
- Paragon 28, Inc.$23
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$18
- plus $30 from 2 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $163,930 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.
- Vertex$2.8M
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$33K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$37479%
- Education$10021%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 3 | $125 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 11 | $113 |
| Stryker | 3 | $106 |
| Abbott | 4 | $60 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$475 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 721 podiatrist 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.
Other podiatrist in Tarzana
- Shannon RushPleasanton$1.9M
- Babak BaravarianSanta Monica$1.1M
- Robert KleimanCalexico$913K
- Bruce LawrenceOceanside$810K
- David ArmstrongLos Angeles$695K
- Philip WrotslavskyPoway$269K
- Travis WestermeyerEncinitas$158K
- Adrienne EstesPomona$129K
- Ronald LiebermanEncinitas$109K
- Matthew DoyleMountain View$92K
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.