Jo Ann Pullen, MD
Geriatric Medicine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1225005663
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 155 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 155 payments — averaging $22.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$697
- Bayer$538
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$452
- Lilly USA, LLC$247
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$196
- GSK$166
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,43899%
- Education$281%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 34 | $697 |
| Bayer | 20 | $538 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 17 | $452 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $247 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 16 | $196 |
| GSK | 7 | $166 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 5 | $154 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $133 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $121 |
| Gilead | 3 | $94 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $80 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $73 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $71 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $54 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $41 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Amgen | 1 | $26 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $16 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,465 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 494 geriatric medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide | 16 | $59,098 |
| EliquisApixaban | 91 | $47,182 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 24 | $27,344 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 33 | $27,028 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 24 | $25,763 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 20 | $21,690 |
| EdarbiAzilsartan Medoxomil | 42 | $20,438 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 11 | $18,640 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 11 | $15,412 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 13 | $12,010 |
| Fentanyl | 41 | $6,724 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 14 | $5,431 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 12 | $5,419 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 26 | $5,389 |
| Cyclosporine | 14 | $5,078 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCRelistor | $697 | $59,09816 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $71 | $47,18291 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $121 | $41,17535 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $166 | $32,45947 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $247 | $21,69020 claims |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Edarbi | $196 | $20,43842 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $13 | $1,46211 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 85th percentile of 494 geriatric medicine providers in California.
Other geriatric medicine in Los Angeles
- Wayne ChenLos Angeles$40K
- Arman HekmatiLos Angeles$14K
- Dong LeeLos Angeles$7K
- Sylvia CarlisleLos Angeles$4K
- Joshua ChodoshLos Angeles$4K
- Azmy GhalyLos Angeles$4K
- Robert FeldmanLaguna Hills$1.2M
- Oscar ChienSan Gabriel$208K
- Anders NybergSan Diego$160K
- Paul AisenSan Diego$70K
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.