Kyu Ahn, MD
Internal Medicine · Garden Grove, CANPI 1427015593
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 91 payments — averaging $23.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$778
- Pfizer$299
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$193
- Penumbra, Inc.$170
- AstraZeneca$141
- Boehringer Ingelheim$121
- plus $410 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,112100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 44 | $778 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $299 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 8 | $193 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $170 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $141 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $121 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $83 |
| GSK | 3 | $58 |
| Amgen | 3 | $54 |
| Novartis | 3 | $54 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $40 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $29 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $24 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $20 |
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
$2,112 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 623 | $364,835 |
| EliquisApixaban | 133 | $109,874 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 111 | $107,237 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 42 | $40,190 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 176 | $37,436 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 25 | $34,845 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 33 | $30,464 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 26 | $24,538 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 22 | $22,885 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 24 | $21,081 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 37 | $18,972 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 21 | $13,635 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 21 | $11,578 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 14 | $10,590 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 1,065 | $8,993 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $299 | $109,874133 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $121 | $107,237111 claims |
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $40 | $41,85759 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $141 | $40,19042 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $48 | $34,84525 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $54 | $13,63521 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $20 | $8,74520 claims |
| GSKShingrix | $58 | $2,83714 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Other internal medicine in Garden Grove
- Andrew ChengSouth San Francisco$55.1M
- Joel NeutelTustin$34.9M
- Donald BrandonSan Diego$34M
- William TownerLos Angeles$27.4M
- Rahul AggarwalSan Francisco$24M
- Masoud AzizadNorthridge$21.1M
- Helen StaceyWalnut Creek$20.4M
- Rohit Loombala Jolla$15.1M
- Zeid KayaliColton$14.2M
- Alexandra DrakakiSanta Monica$14.2M
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.