Irene Chen
Acute Care · Los Angeles, CANPI 1487317442
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,939 of the $5,007 with a category attached, or 78.7%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 25.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,928, more than ten times the $125 reported in 2021. Among acute care clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 105 payments — averaging $47.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$589
- Boston Scientific$522
- Novartis$308
- Boehringer Ingelheim$222
- AstraZeneca$214
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$96719%
- Food & beverage$3,93979%
- Education$1012%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 15 | $1,284 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $589 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $522 |
| Novartis | 20 | $308 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $222 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $214 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $174 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 6 | $139 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $125 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $124 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $106 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $98 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Merck | 4 | $70 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| GSK | 2 | $49 |
| Amgen | 2 | $45 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $44 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,046
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$640
- EVOQUE$214
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$175
- INGREZZA$174
- ONPATTRO$144
- EKOSONIC$143
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$142
- WATCHMAN Access System$137
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$133
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$133
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$125
- UPTRAVI$125
- OPSUMIT$125
- QULIPTA$124
- UBRELVY$124
- Kimyrsa$122
- UZEDY$121
How this compares
$5,007 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,153 acute care providers in California.
Other acute care in Los Angeles
- Frances DyLos Angeles$57K
- Kori Ann JohnstonLos Angeles$42K
- Sunita BoparaiLos Angeles$37K
- Sherona BauLos Angeles$32K
- Stacey GrossLos Angeles$22K
- Mary HuntsingerLos Angeles$12K
- Charlotte LipskyLos Angeles$10K
- Kimberly TranLos Angeles$8K
- Lisa YenLos Angeles$7K
- Rafael BegluyanLos Angeles$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.