Maria Rizza
Cardiovascular Disease · Fountain Valley, CANPI 1689638280
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 138 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 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $704 and has fallen 63.8% since, to $255 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $2,142.
Across 138 payments — averaging $19.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$485
- Amgen$457
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$225
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$196
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$130
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$129
- plus $1K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,661100%
- Education$80%
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.
How this compares
$2,669 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Flecainide Acetate | 13 | $372 |
| Ezetimibe | 13 | $211 |
| Losartan Potassium | 18 | $174 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Fountain Valley
- Bao BuiFountain Valley$430K
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Paul KurthSanta Barbara$6.1M
- Jason RogersSacramento$4.4M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$3.6M
- Eric Topolla Jolla$2.2M
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.2M
- Gagan SinghSacramento$1.2M
- Pam Taubla Jolla$1.2M
- Wilber SuStanford$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.