Joyce Cheng
Dermatology · la Jolla, CANPI 1144753468
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.0% of the total across 90 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 90 payments — averaging $49.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$577
- Johnson & Johnson$480
- Boehringer Ingelheim$458
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$427
- Dermavant Sciences, Inc.$423
- UCB, Inc.$368
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$150%
- Food & beverage$4,25196%
- Education$1644%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 23 | $577 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $480 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $458 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $427 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $423 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $368 |
| Incyte Corporation | 4 | $300 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $284 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 6 | $201 |
| Amgen | 3 | $174 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 2 | $152 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $144 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $123 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $95 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $79 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $54 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $39 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $24 |
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
$4,429 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,875 dermatology providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 25 | $347 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 14 | $210 |
| Mupirocin | 18 | $112 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in la Jolla
- Alvin Codala Jolla$159K
- Paul YamauchiSanta Monica$2.9M
- Jennifer SoungSanta Ana$2.8M
- Robert GreenbergLivermore$2.6M
- Neal BhatiaSan Diego$2.5M
- April ArmstrongLos Angeles$2.3M
- Jeffrey CrowleyBakersfield$2.1M
- Jashin WuCorona$2M
- Raja SivamaniSacramento$1.9M
- Tien NguyenFountain Valley$1.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.