Paul Smith, MD
Dermatology · Santa Monica, CANPI 1063480473
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 217 payments — averaging $23.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$981
- AbbVie$681
- Johnson & Johnson$591
- Sanofi$416
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$408
- UCB, Inc.$298
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,05799%
- Education$301%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 35 | $981 |
| AbbVie | 31 | $681 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 29 | $591 |
| Sanofi | 15 | $416 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 16 | $408 |
| UCB, Inc. | 12 | $298 |
| Incyte Corporation | 11 | $240 |
| Amgen | 10 | $200 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 9 | $190 |
| Novartis | 9 | $176 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $94 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $89 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Almirall LLC | 3 | $64 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $59 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $58 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $39 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Mindera Corp | 1 | $20 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $19 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$5,086 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,875 dermatology providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocortisone Butyrate | 13 | $4,824 |
| Fluocinonide | 43 | $1,295 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 98 | $1,180 |
| Econazole Nitrate | 42 | $1,165 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 18 | $1,066 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 51 | $738 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 33 | $612 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 35 | $501 |
| Mupirocin | 78 | $486 |
| Ketoconazole | 22 | $314 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $85 |
| Nystatin | 12 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Santa Monica
- Paul YamauchiSanta Monica$7.8M
- David StollSanta Monica$2.3M
- Ava ShambanSanta Monica$1.5M
- Vivian LaquerIrvine$20.9M
- Howard SofenLos Angeles$16.1M
- Raja SivamaniSacramento$11.8M
- Jennifer SoungSanta Ana$10.3M
- Stacy SmithEncinitas$7.9M
- Navid EzraThousand Oaks$7.8M
- Paul WallaceBeverly Hills$7.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.