Helen Liu, MD
Dermatology · San Jose, CANPI 1801022876
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 202 payments — averaging $19.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$634
- Lilly USA, LLC$424
- Pfizer$318
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$245
- Novartis$120
- plus $594 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,86598%
- Education$802%
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) | 87 | $1,610 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 38 | $634 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 22 | $424 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $318 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $245 |
| Novartis | 5 | $120 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $113 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Incyte Corporation | 3 | $70 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $69 |
| Amgen | 3 | $66 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $66 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $38 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $18 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$3,945 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,875 dermatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 231 | $1,544 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 30 | $1,131 |
| Azelaic Acid | 13 | $1,112 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 29 | $1,076 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 39 | $311 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 18 | $277 |
| Mupirocin | 23 | $211 |
| Hydrocortisone | 12 | $59 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in San Jose
- Vivian LaquerIrvine$20.9M
- Howard SofenLos Angeles$16.1M
- Raja SivamaniSacramento$11.8M
- Jennifer SoungSanta Ana$10.3M
- Stacy SmithEncinitas$7.9M
- Paul YamauchiSanta Monica$7.8M
- Navid EzraThousand Oaks$7.8M
- Paul WallaceBeverly Hills$7.1M
- April ArmstrongLos Angeles$6.2M
- David RayhanHuntington Beach$5.2M
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.