James Schultz
Family Medicine · Escondido, CANPI 1356376164
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $5,787 of the $8,823 with a category attached, or 65.6%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Eli Lilly at 34.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,863 and has fallen 72.7% since, to $1,055 in 2025. Among family medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 55 payments — averaging $160.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Eli Lilly$3K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$2K
- Shionogi Inc$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Novo Nordisk$146
- AstraZeneca$94
- plus $161 from 5 others
Across 830 payments — averaging $3219.41 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.
- Eli Lilly$1.6M
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$481K
- Novo Nordisk AS$171K
- Cipla USA Inc.$126K
- Abbott$88K
- Indivior Inc.$53K
- plus $147K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,56018%
- Travel & lodging$5,78766%
- Food & beverage$1,47517%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Lilly | 34 | $3,046 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $2,134 |
| Shionogi Inc | 3 | $1,681 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $1,560 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $146 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $94 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $69 |
| Gilead | 1 | $27 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $25 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Wegovy$124
How this compares
$8,823 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 54 | $2,142 |
| Gabapentin | 23 | $1,166 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 13 | $786 |
| Lisinopril | 34 | $614 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 20 | $350 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Escondido
- Jefferson BirchallEscondido$126K
- Sherly SoleimanEncino$1.2M
- Pamela KushnerLos Angeles$1.2M
- Sujata NarayanStanford$1.2M
- Jeffrey UngerChino$906K
- Alexander RivkinLos Angeles$866K
- Scott HowellLos Angeles$793K
- Derrick ButlerLos Angeles$692K
- Sandra CalmanMontara$589K
- Anthony JonesOakland$377K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.