Jeffrey Cummings
Neurology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1457376329
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $780,729 of the $918,111 with a category attached, or 85.0%. It is spread thinly across 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.2%. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $264,400 and has fallen 70.3% since, to $78,536 in 2025. Among neurology 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 513 payments — averaging $1789.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Grifols, S.A.$158K
- Eisai Inc.$127K
- Biogen$116K
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$69K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$46K
- Merck$46K
- plus $356K from 29 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $90,697 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.
- Teikoku Pharma USA, Inc.$1.1M
- Biogen$24K
- Novo Nordisk AS$17K
- Merck$10K
- Eli Lilly$10K
- Novartis$10K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$10,0001%
- Consulting fees$780,72985%
- Speaking & faculty fees$49,6935%
- Travel & lodging$65,1037%
- Food & beverage$12,0861%
- Education$5000%
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.
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
$918,111 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Other neurology in Los Angeles
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$2.4M
- David LiebeskindLos Angeles$1.9M
- John SternLos Angeles$999K
- Alan RapoportLos Angeles$808K
- Alon AvidanLos Angeles$505K
- Mark LewLos Angeles$450K
- Dawn EliashivLos Angeles$364K
- Richard LewisLos Angeles$309K
- Margaret BurnettLos Angeles$293K
- Michele TagliatiLos Angeles$293K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.