Princy Arora
Neurology · Watsonville, CANPI 1922030246
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,684 of the $3,212 with a category attached, or 83.6%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Livanova USA, Inc. at 25.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,076 and has fallen 50.9% since, to $528 in 2023.
Across 167 payments — averaging $19.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$825
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$740
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$298
- Boston Scientific$199
- AbbVie$189
- Eisai Inc.$168
- plus $792 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$52816%
- Food & beverage$2,68484%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 18 | $825 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 42 | $740 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 21 | $298 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $199 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $189 |
| Eisai Inc. | 23 | $168 |
| UCB, Inc. | 8 | $136 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 8 | $127 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $124 |
| Amgen | 3 | $74 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $65 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| CSL Behring | 3 | $47 |
| Abbott | 2 | $45 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $31 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Supernus 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.
- VNS Therapy$528
How this compares
$3,212 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Topiramate | 11 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Watsonville
- Andrew BlumenfeldCarlsbad$4.9M
- Khashayar DashtipourLoma Linda$3.3M
- Regina BerkovichWest Hollywood$3M
- Daniel BandariNewport Beach$2.6M
- Perry ShiehLos Angeles$2.4M
- Sandeep ThakkarIrvine$2M
- David LiebeskindLos Angeles$1.9M
- Jack SchimCarlsbad$1.7M
- Parshaw DorrizMission Viejo$1.5M
- Benjamin FrishbergCarlsbad$1.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.