Kori Ann Johnston
Acute Care · Los Angeles, CANPI 1275141657
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (27.0%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 65.0% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $17,448 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $292 in 2025. Among acute care 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 197 payments — averaging $212.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$27K
- Abiomed$14K
- Edwards Lifesciences$459
- Medtronic$181
- Atricure, Inc.$139
- Baxter Healthcare$103
- plus $170 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,94426%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,50023%
- Travel & lodging$11,30927%
- Food & beverage$10,07624%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 148 | $27,203 |
| Abiomed | 38 | $13,573 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $459 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $181 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $103 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $35 |
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
$41,829 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,153 acute care providers in California.
Other acute care in Los Angeles
- Frances DyLos Angeles$57K
- Sunita BoparaiLos Angeles$37K
- Sherona BauLos Angeles$32K
- Stacey GrossLos Angeles$22K
- Mary HuntsingerLos Angeles$12K
- Charlotte LipskyLos Angeles$10K
- Kimberly TranLos Angeles$8K
- Lisa YenLos Angeles$7K
- Rafael BegluyanLos Angeles$7K
- Margo MinissianLos Angeles$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.