Katrin Lalezarzadeh
Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Encino, CANPI 1942414024
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 80 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 15.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among hospice and palliative medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 80 payments — averaging $28.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kaleo, Inc.$349
- Pfizer$248
- Merck$225
- GSK$215
- Novo Nordisk$198
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$167
- plus $848 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,251100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kaleo, Inc. | 15 | $349 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $248 |
| Merck | 6 | $225 |
| GSK | 7 | $215 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $198 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 7 | $167 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 9 | $161 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $86 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 4 | $76 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$2,251 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 195 hospice and palliative medicine providers in California.
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Other hospice and palliative medicine in Encino
- Sharon YeeArcadia$44K
- Neil SoniFountain Valley$28K
- Marietta Abalos-GalitoSan Jose$21K
- Humayon KhanSanta Ana$7K
- Sorin BugaDuarte$5K
- Glenn CarrFresno$5K
- Steven HarrisFoster City$5K
- Christopher PhillipsMurrieta$4K
- William DaleDuarte$3K
- Nehal PatelLaguna Hills$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.