Joseph Cerni
Family Medicine · Newport Beach, CANPI 1982874954
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $21,478 of the $33,264 with a category attached, or 64.6%. AbbVie accounts for 84.1% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $9,456 and has fallen 73.4% since, to $2,511 in 2025. Among family medicine 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 461 payments — averaging $72.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$28K
- Apyx Medical Corporation$1K
- Merz North America, Inc.$1K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$1K
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$988
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,0003%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,47865%
- Travel & lodging$1,3794%
- Food & beverage$9,39828%
- Education$80%
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(2 entities) | 349 | $27,964 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 7 | $1,496 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 23 | $1,484 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 58 | $1,332 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 24 | $988 |
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.
- BOTOX COSMETIC$619
- XEOMIN$427
- DAXXIFY$413
- BOTOX$366
- KYBELLA$125
How this compares
$33,264 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 16 | $285 |
| Acyclovir | 18 | $88 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Newport Beach
- Monica BonakdarNewport Beach$307K
- Sherly SoleimanEncino$1.2M
- Pamela KushnerLos Angeles$1.2M
- Sujata NarayanStanford$1.2M
- Jeffrey UngerChino$906K
- Alexander RivkinLos Angeles$866K
- Scott HowellLos Angeles$793K
- Derrick ButlerLos Angeles$692K
- Sandra CalmanMontara$589K
- Anthony JonesOakland$377K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.