Morris Kokhab
Rheumatology · Upland, CANPI 1245248681
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 153 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 30.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,059 and has fallen 96.1% since, to $119 in 2023.
Across 153 payments — averaging $25.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$543
- AbbVie$497
- Pfizer$360
- GSK$269
- Novartis$243
- plus $780 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,844100%
- Education$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 31 | $1,169 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $543 |
| AbbVie | 31 | $497 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $360 |
| GSK | 12 | $269 |
| Novartis | 16 | $243 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $188 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $126 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $98 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $80 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $80 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $68 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $26 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $15 |
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
$3,861 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 808 rheumatology providers in California.
Other rheumatology in Upland
- Sudhakar TumuluriSan Francisco$2.8M
- Ara DikranianSan Diego$2.2M
- Orrin TroumSanta Monica$1.8M
- Robin DoreTustin$1.5M
- Samy MetyasCovina$1.3M
- Rhonda LambertSan Mateo$1.1M
- William ShielMission Viejo$924K
- Mark BoriginiDowney$920K
- Adam KreitenbergTarzana$863K
- Roger KornuTustin$802K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.