RxDoctor Payments Data

Neeraj Gupta

Internal Medicine · Long Beach, CANPI 1356504062

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 6 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 38.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $69 and has fallen 77.1% since, to $16 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for internal medicine clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $147.

$120in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 6 payments — averaging $20.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Zimmer Biomet$46
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$35
  • Integra Lifesciences Corporation$24
  • Johnson & Johnson$16
$1,101,689in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 212 payments — averaging $5196.65 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.

  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$268K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$226K
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$149K
  • AbbVie$119K
  • Hoffmann-la Roche Limited$90K
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$70K
  • plus $179K from 10 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$120100%

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

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23

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

$120 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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