Michael Newman, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Torrance, CANPI 1669401881
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $21,754 of the $30,917 with a category attached, or 70.4%. It is spread thinly across 42 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.7%. Among plastic and reconstructive surgery 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 393 payments — averaging $78.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$6K
- AbbVie$5K
- Sientra, Inc.$3K
- RTI Surgical, Inc$2K
- Axogen$2K
- Bimini Technologies LLC$2K
- plus $12K from 36 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $5413.53 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- AbbVie$92K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,8006%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,40011%
- Travel & lodging$1,2554%
- Food & beverage$21,75470%
- Education$90%
- Gifts$2,7009%
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.
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.
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$4,862
- NATRELLE$2,829
- CORTIVA ALLOGRAFT DERMIS$1,919
- SIENTRA HIGH STRENGTH COHESIVE SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANT$1,472
- INTEGRA$1,140
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$1,140
- Phasix Mesh$824
- PREVENA$800
- OviTex 2S$735
- HemoBlast Bellows$700
- NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS$518
- Restrata Wound Matrix$470
- GalaFLEX$416
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$380
- PRIMATRIX$380
- XEOMIN$334
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$302
- Ovitex$301
- SURGIMEND$296
- Novosorb BTM$273
How this compares
$30,917 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 349 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 19 | $167 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Torrance
- Michael ArnsteinTorrance$13K
- Mark SuskiThousand Oaks$294K
- Corey MaasSan Francisco$286K
- Arian MowlaviLaguna Beach$250K
- Charles LeeSan Francisco$200K
- David SieberSan Francisco$195K
- David KulberLos Angeles$194K
- Matthew NykielUpland$181K
- Subhas GuptaLoma Linda$178K
- Jeffrey HammoudehLos Angeles$159K
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.