Michael Cerni
General Practice · Laguna Niguel, CANPI 1154652659
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 319 payments — averaging $64.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$20K
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$343
- Apyx Medical Corporation$30
- Merz North America, Inc.$22
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$13
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,1436%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,47071%
- Food & beverage$4,84724%
- Education$440%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 299 | $20,096 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 17 | $343 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 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.
- BOTOX COSMETIC$261
How this compares
$20,504 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 12,963 general practice providers in California.
Other general practice in Laguna Niguel
- Hessam AazamiCanoga Park$88.4M
- Frederic MollRedwood City$5.7M
- Nathan LiLancaster$5.2M
- Milton McCollSan Jose$4.9M
- Bruce TorkanLos Angeles$3.8M
- Daniel JohnsonPalm Desert$1.5M
- Bradley ChingUpland$1.4M
- Jared AdamsSan Francisco$862K
- Marina GoldGlendale$784K
- Eric BrassTorrance$755K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.