Jonathan Droessler, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Santa Monica, CANPI 1821594540
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $21,239 of the $34,735 with a category attached, or 61.1%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 53.4% of the total. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation 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 309 payments — averaging $112.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$19K
- Boston Scientific$7K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$4K
- Globus Medical$757
- Stryker$741
- Nevro Corp.$697
- plus $3K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$7,50022%
- Travel & lodging$5,99517%
- Food & beverage$21,23961%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 131 | $18,555 |
| Boston Scientific | 93 | $6,954 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 32 | $3,640 |
| Globus Medical | 7 | $757 |
| Stryker | 5 | $741 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $697 |
| Abbott | 7 | $697 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 8 | $617 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 4 | $372 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $350 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $264 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $241 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $219 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $151 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $82 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $53 |
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.
- SYNCHROMEDII$7,500
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$5,240
- SPRINT PNS System$2,811
- VANTA ADAPTIVESTIM$1,488
- Senza$1,324
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$1,094
- mild Device Kit$726
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$709
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$693
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$667
- Intracept$542
- OPTABLATE$486
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$418
- PROCLAIM$374
- DYSPORT$264
- Evoke$241
- OMNICURVE$174
- SPINEJACK$174
- ETERNA$173
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$163
How this compares
$34,735 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 830 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Calcitonin-SalmonCalcitonin,salmon,synthetic | 11 | $517 |
| Meloxicam | 29 | $148 |
| Gabapentin | 27 | $139 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Santa Monica
- Jason KajbafSanta Monica$35K
- Jason WeiSanta Monica$30K
- Miad HadaeghSanta Monica$16K
- Rahul NalamasuSanta Monica$8K
- Ziyad AyyoubParamount$322K
- Pratik GandhiAnaheim$122K
- Mary OatesSanta Maria$115K
- Kevin BarretteSan Francisco$84K
- Steven SampsonLos Angeles$63K
- Jeffrey ChenSan Diego$59K
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.