Joseph Sclafani
General Practice · San Diego, CANPI 1629364088
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,213 of the $6,117 with a category attached, or 85.2%. Nevro Corp. accounts for 61.8% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,235 and has fallen 67.0% since, to $1,069 in 2021. Among general practice 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 166 payments — averaging $36.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$4K
- Abbott$2K
- Amgen$218
- Boston Scientific$92
- Medtronic$54
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$54
- plus $180 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$59310%
- Food & beverage$5,21385%
- Education$3115%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 87 | $3,782 |
| Abbott | 52 | $1,737 |
| Amgen | 9 | $218 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $92 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $54 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $54 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $41 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $22 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $12 |
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
$6,117 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 12,963 general practice providers in California.
Other general practice in San Diego
- Marc RubinsteinSan Diego$232K
- Shivi GuptaSan Diego$131K
- Juergen LangenbachSan Diego$64K
- Nathan LiLancaster$5.2M
- Milton McCollSan Jose$4.9M
- Frederic MollRedwood City$2.5M
- Bradley ChingUpland$1.4M
- Eric BrassTorrance$755K
- Marc GeissbergerGreenbrae$583K
- Robert CampbellLong Beach$501K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.