Paul Johnson
Interventional Pain Medicine · West Hills, CANPI 1750449229
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 93 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 32.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $723 and has fallen 79.0% since, to $152 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional pain medicine clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $3,134.
Across 93 payments — averaging $18.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$574
- Nevro Corp.$512
- AbbVie$114
- Medtronic$81
- Baxter Healthcare$46
- Painteq LLC$45
- plus $381 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,754100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 39 | $574 |
| Nevro Corp. | 21 | $512 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $114 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $81 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $46 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Stryker | 2 | $40 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $36 |
| Vertiflex, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Team_makena_llc | 1 | $14 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 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.
- Senza$100
How this compares
$1,754 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 188 interventional pain medicine providers in California.
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Other interventional pain medicine in West Hills
- Michael Verdolinla Mesa$507K
- Tim LeierRancho Mirage$449K
- Jonathan GrossmanVisalia$404K
- Kasra MaasumiRancho Santa Margarita$388K
- Andrew GermanovichRancho Mirage$333K
- David LeeYorba Linda$257K
- Standiford HelmOrange$254K
- Patrick BuchananCamarillo$219K
- Chau VuSanta Rosa$141K
- Phillip LimBuena Park$127K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.