Paul Markovitz
Psychiatry · Fresno, CANPI 1083739767
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $50,700 of the $61,930 with a category attached, or 81.9%. Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. accounts for 97.5% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $57,123 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $77 in 2022. Among psychiatry clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 220 payments — averaging $281.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$60K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$462
- AbbVie$383
- Lundbeck LLC$315
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$114
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$104
- plus $194 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$50,70082%
- Travel & lodging$7,86313%
- Food & beverage$3,3665%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 101 | $60,359 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 56 | $462 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $383 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 19 | $315 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $114 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $104 |
| Eisai Inc. | 6 | $96 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $29 |
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
$61,930 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,954 psychiatry providers in California.
Other psychiatry in Fresno
- Herbert CruzFresno$394K
- Gustavo AlvaOrange$5.8M
- John KooSan Francisco$3M
- Jason KelloggIrvine$2.7M
- Jonathan MeyerSan Diego$2.3M
- Charles Tuan-Tu NguyenIrvine$2.1M
- Manoj WaikarLos Gatos$1.9M
- Gerald MaguireSan Juan Capistraco$1.8M
- Salima BrillmanSunnyvale$1.4M
- Bibi DasStanford$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.