Kathryn Lichtenstein, PA
Medical · la Jolla, CANPI 1518055615
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,450 of the $2,828 with a category attached, or 86.6%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 47.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,166, more than ten times the $98 reported in 2021.
Across 60 payments — averaging $47.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Abbott$599
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$402
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$182
- Boston Scientific$137
- Biotronik Inc.$39
- plus $135 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35012%
- Food & beverage$2,45087%
- Education$281%
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 | 31 | $1,333 |
| Abbott | 13 | $599 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 4 | $402 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $182 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $137 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $39 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $18 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- OPTIMIZER$578
- Assure WCD$182
- XIENCE SKYPOINT$145
- AVEIR$133
How this compares
$2,828 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,087 medical providers in California.
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.
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- Ana TorresLaguna Beach$229K
- Heather ParlettRedlands$168K
- David DoriguzziLancaster$166K
- Deirdre MoxleyFullerton$149K
- Linda RankLadera Ranch$105K
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.