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Gregory Katz, MD

Internal Medicine · Newport Beach, CANPI 1184674178

Payments from drug & device makers

$14,660in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 740 payments — averaging $19.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$2K
  • AstraZeneca$2K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$2K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
  • Amgen$916
  • Pfizer$906
  • plus $7K from 52 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$14,651100%
  • Education$80%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)85$1,629
AstraZeneca(2 entities)83$1,601
Lilly USA, LLC75$1,526
Boehringer Ingelheim50$1,188
Amgen43$916
Pfizer53$906
Novo Nordisk46$827
Novartis43$797
Merck32$587
Johnson & Johnson35$579
Astellas Pharma US Inc12$250
Exact Sciences10$235
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.10$219
GSK10$217
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.12$209
Abbott8$208
Amarin Pharma, Inc.10$187
Eisai Inc.11$186
Bayer7$181
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC10$173
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.8$151
NEW World Medical,inc.1$147
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.7$138
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8$131
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.5$131
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.7$122
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.1$122
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.6$91
Scpharmaceuticals Inc.3$76
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC5$67
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.3$64
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.3$61
Almatica Pharma LLC2$49
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc3$45
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$44
Tolmar, Inc.2$42
Shield Therapeutics Inc2$39
Alfasigma USA, Inc.2$39
IBSA Pharma Inc.2$38
Dexcom, Inc.2$35
Bausch Health US, LLC2$35
Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC2$34
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$31
Seqirus USA Inc2$28
Si-bone, Inc.1$25
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.1$25
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc1$24
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$24
Pulmonx Corporation1$24
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.1$23
Radius Health, Inc.1$22
Strongbridge US Inc.1$20
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.1$19
Genentech USA, Inc.1$17
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$16
Edwards Lifesciences1$16
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$12
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC1$11

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

$14,660 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$153,640
Medicare patients
551
Services billed
1,658

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban223$230,155
JardianceEmpagliflozin141$172,755
OzempicSemaglutide97$109,496
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol85$101,238
XareltoRivaroxaban69$83,775
JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate60$72,098
TrulicityDulaglutide28$41,393
MounjaroTirzepatide35$41,375
ProliaDenosumab23$38,719
MyrbetriqMirabegron43$33,513
GemtesaVibegron29$22,491
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab19$17,189
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan17$17,023
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter15$14,656
Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol25$11,953

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis, Premarin$906$234,897234 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat$1,188$186,249169 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere$1,601$110,01497 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$827$109,49697 claims
MerckJanuvia, Lagevrio (Eua)$587$83,99177 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$579$83,77569 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro$1,526$82,76863 claims
AmgenProlia$916$38,71923 claims
Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq$250$33,51343 claims
GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta$217$26,61040 claims
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa$61$22,49129 claims
AbbVieSynthroid, Linzess$1,629$18,643139 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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