Joanne Choi
Nurse Practitioner · Los Angeles, CANPI 1649998212
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 233 payments — averaging $25.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$380
- Gilead$313
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$226
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$213
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5559%
- Food & beverage$5,18187%
- Education$2464%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 92 | $1,925 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 39 | $1,674 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 17 | $380 |
| Gilead | 4 | $313 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 12 | $226 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $213 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $171 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 6 | $122 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $120 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $111 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 5 | $98 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 4 | $90 |
| Merck | 5 | $85 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| CMP Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $24 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $21 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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
$5,982 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 6,779 nurse practitioner providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 19 | $21,066 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 522 | $7,238 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 62 | $3,575 |
| Omeprazole | 210 | $2,651 |
| ClenpiqSod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac | 14 | $2,382 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 125 | $1,919 |
| PlenvuPeg3350/Sod Sul/Nacl/Kcl/Asb/C | 13 | $1,752 |
| Clarithromycin | 32 | $751 |
| Famotidine | 55 | $700 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 25 | $463 |
| Lansoprazole | 22 | $435 |
| Gavilyte-CPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 14 | $237 |
| Amoxicillin | 31 | $169 |
| Metronidazole | 12 | $124 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 11 | $102 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess | $1,925 | $21,06619 claims |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.Clenpiq | $69 | $2,38214 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCPlenvu | $213 | $1,75213 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 95th percentile of 6,779 nurse practitioner providers in California.
Other nurse practitioner in Los Angeles
- Kristin HorwoodLos Angeles$99K
- Yunying ChenLos Angeles$80K
- Lauren BristowLos Angeles$46K
- Rhonda HewittStanford$917K
- Linda TrinhIrvine$899K
- Denise SinagaNorthridge$728K
- Debbie TaySanta Monica$642K
- Joe GorelickCampbell$638K
- Lynsey LakinArcadia$540K
- Kelly ChoiRancho Cucamonga$483K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.