Joel Mittleman
Nephrology · Beverly Hills, CANPI 1346211794
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 93 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 31.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,215 and has fallen 78.5% since, to $261 in 2023.
Across 93 payments — averaging $18.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$545
- Outset Medical Inc$261
- AstraZeneca$168
- Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC$133
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$122
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$92
- plus $438 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,759100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 31 | $545 |
| Outset Medical Inc | 1 | $261 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 9 | $168 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 15 | $133 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 9 | $122 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $63 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 3 | $62 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $35 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 1 | $16 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,759 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,341 nephrology providers in California.
Other nephrology in Beverly Hills
- Anjay RastogiLos Angeles$2.2M
- Glenn ChertowStanford$2M
- Luis AlvarezPalo Alto$1.8M
- Jose MorfinSacramento$1M
- Rodolfo BatarseRancho Mirage$910K
- Vandana MathurWoodside$769K
- Yasir QaziOrange$618K
- Rafael VillicanaLoma Linda$610K
- Sunil PatelApple Valley$509K
- Suphamai BunnapradistLos Angeles$498K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.