Karen Lin
Neurology · San Luis Obispo, CANPI 1205037983
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 436 payments — averaging $21.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$987
- AbbVie$710
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$574
- Novartis$535
- UCB, Inc.$476
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$451
- plus $6K from 38 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2202%
- Food & beverage$9,19097%
- Education$240%
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.
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
$9,435 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Rufinamide | 24 | $14,156 |
| Levetiracetam | 63 | $6,978 |
| Valproic AcidValproic Acid (As Sodium Salt) | 12 | $2,526 |
| Carbamazepine | 15 | $2,240 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 12 | $2,063 |
| Lamotrigine | 12 | $384 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in San Luis Obispo
- Timothy CloughesyLos Angeles$33.1M
- Jack FlorinFullerton$13M
- David KudrowSanta Monica$12.8M
- John Ravitsla Jolla$8.4M
- Perminder BhatiaFresno$8.3M
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$8.2M
- Benjamin FrishbergCarlsbad$8.2M
- Bruce CreeSan Francisco$8M
- Lawrence RechtPalo Alto$6.6M
- Stanley PrusinerSan Francisco$6.5M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.