John Kohut
Psychiatry · San Bernardino, CANPI 1992807143
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 209 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 24.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,923 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $18 in 2022.
Across 209 payments — averaging $12.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$656
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$538
- Alkermes, Inc.$357
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$253
- Johnson & Johnson$215
- Lundbeck LLC$204
- plus $485 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,68499%
- Education$231%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 53 | $656 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 45 | $538 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 16 | $357 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 18 | $253 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $215 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 19 | $204 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 27 | $189 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $160 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,707 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 4,954 psychiatry providers in California.
Other psychiatry in San Bernardino
- Said JacobSan Bernardino$940K
- Gustavo AlvaOrange$5.8M
- John KooSan Francisco$3M
- Jason KelloggIrvine$2.7M
- Jonathan MeyerSan Diego$2.3M
- Charles Tuan-Tu NguyenIrvine$2.1M
- Manoj WaikarLos Gatos$1.9M
- Gerald MaguireSan Juan Capistraco$1.8M
- Salima BrillmanSunnyvale$1.4M
- Bibi DasStanford$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.