Norman Kuo
Gastroenterology · la Palma, CANPI 1548338189
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 196 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 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,493 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $149 in 2022.
Across 196 payments — averaging $38.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$2K
- Amgen$1K
- AstraZeneca$832
- GSK$694
- Johnson & Johnson$606
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$472
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$160%
- Food & beverage$7,472100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 43 | $1,646 |
| Amgen | 19 | $1,037 |
| AstraZeneca | 28 | $832 |
| GSK | 21 | $694 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $606 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $472 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $447 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 13 | $394 |
| Merck | 7 | $290 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $186 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $184 |
| Abbott | 1 | $149 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $133 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $120 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $112 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $98 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $21 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$7,488 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,885 gastroenterology providers in California.
Other gastroenterology in la Palma
- Bennett RothLos Angeles$2.8M
- Douglas NguyenMission Viejo$2M
- Sammy SaabLos Angeles$1.9M
- Kenneth ChangNewport Beach$1.3M
- Joo HwangStanford$1M
- Drew SchembreWalnut Creek$659K
- Quan Nhula Jolla$641K
- Sadeea AbbasiLos Angeles$556K
- Ali RezaieWest Hollywood$519K
- Kenneth BinmoellerSan Francisco$507K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.