James Steele, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Ukiah, CANPI 1548298060
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 356 payments — averaging $21.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$2K
- GSK$2K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Sanofi$385
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$365
- Resmed Corp$359
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$90%
- Food & beverage$7,36596%
- Education$621%
- Gifts$2403%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 107 | $2,409 |
| GSK | 90 | $1,616 |
| AstraZeneca | 66 | $1,336 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $385 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 23 | $365 |
| Resmed Corp | 4 | $359 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 9 | $212 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 7 | $187 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $159 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $158 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $67 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Amgen | 1 | $31 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $9 |
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.
- AirSense$240
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$224
- DUPIXENT$216
- BREZTRI$125
- OFEV$105
How this compares
$7,675 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,261 pulmonary disease 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OfevNintedanib Esylate | 33 | $417,283 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 373 | $294,426 |
| WakixPitolisant Hcl | 17 | $266,933 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 103 | $55,462 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 107 | $54,357 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 82 | $53,957 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 67 | $43,682 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 31 | $18,754 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 30 | $18,199 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 34 | $13,812 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 77 | $11,797 |
| Advair HfaFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 28 | $9,704 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 231 | $6,968 |
| Ventolin HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 89 | $5,544 |
| Fluticasone-VilanterolFluticasone/Vilanterol | 14 | $5,472 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimOfev, Spiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat, Combivent Respimat | $2,409 | $497,918161 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $1,616 | $418,056617 claims |
| Harmony Biosciences LLCWakix | $212 | $266,93317 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $1,336 | $57,90697 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 70th percentile of 1,261 pulmonary disease providers in California.
Other pulmonary disease in Ukiah
- Toby MaherLos Angeles$27.6M
- David PhamWestminster$5.9M
- Andrew WachtelLos Angeles$5.9M
- Aaron WeinbergIrvine$5.1M
- Michael RothLos Angeles$4.5M
- Namita SoodSacramento$3.7M
- Edward FedermanSan Diego$3.6M
- Sanjay VadgamaSherman Oaks$3.3M
- Rajan SaggarLos Angeles$3.3M
- Samuel LouieSacramento$2.8M
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.