Rafael Rubalcava, MD
Family Medicine · la Mirada, CANPI 1417978644
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 300 payments — averaging $18.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- GSK$479
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$446
- Merck$383
- AstraZeneca$340
- Amgen$340
- plus $3K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,44598%
- Education$1162%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 62 | $1,026 |
| GSK | 24 | $479 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 21 | $446 |
| Merck | 21 | $383 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $340 |
| Amgen | 14 | $340 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $314 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $302 |
| Novo Nordisk | 25 | $295 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $259 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $169 |
| Bayer | 8 | $148 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 5 | $147 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $146 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 6 | $114 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $96 |
| Novartis | 4 | $82 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $65 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $27 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Abbott | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$5,561 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 10,533 family medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 142 | $126,632 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 84 | $88,989 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 74 | $68,732 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 42 | $42,848 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 34 | $34,480 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 47 | $34,112 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 25 | $26,530 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 20 | $21,189 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 23 | $18,174 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $17,217 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 15 | $17,063 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 23 | $14,950 |
| GemtesaVibegron | 12 | $14,187 |
| WegovySemaglutide | 11 | $14,053 |
| Humulin 70/30 KwikpenInsulin Nph Hum/Reg Insulin Hm | 27 | $8,439 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $259 | $126,632142 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet | $383 | $103,939107 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro, Humulin 70-30 | $1,026 | $75,007112 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $146 | $68,73274 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $340 | $34,48034 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $302 | $34,11247 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Wegovy | $295 | $31,11726 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $82 | $21,18920 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $446 | $18,17423 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $314 | $17,21711 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $147 | $14,18712 claims |
| GSKArnuity Ellipta | $479 | $3,29312 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Other family medicine in la Mirada
- Amina HaggagNorthridge$112.8M
- Steven ReynoldsLong Beach$53M
- Rizwana MohseniLake Forest$26.7M
- Daniel JohnsonSan Diego$15.7M
- Stacey LayleSan Diego$14.8M
- Apinya VutikullirdCypress$14.3M
- Hanid AudishSpring Valley$13.6M
- Augusto FocilOxnard$12.6M
- Jack VuLong Beach$10.1M
- Suzanne FussellOxnard$8.9M
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.