Ricardo Zegarra-Loza
Pediatrics · Tulare, CANPI 1538490917
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.5% of the total across 114 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 29.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $691, 4.8 times the $143 reported in 2019. Among pediatrics clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 114 payments — averaging $14.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.$504
- Merck$210
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$157
- GSK$113
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$110
- Sobi, Inc$94
- plus $507 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,67098%
- Education$262%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 58 | $504 |
| Merck | 11 | $210 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 3 | $157 |
| GSK | 7 | $113 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $110 |
| Sobi, Inc | 4 | $94 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 6 | $93 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $84 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $52 |
| Gilead | 1 | $41 |
| Organon | 1 | $34 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Amgen | 2 | $26 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Metacel Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- BEYFORTUS$118
How this compares
$1,696 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 5,539 pediatrics providers in California.
Other pediatrics in Tulare
- Laurene MascolaLos Angeles$451K
- Tonya ChaffeeSan Francisco$359K
- Anthony PortaleSan Francisco$354K
- David KesslerSan Francisco$335K
- Lawrence SherRolling Hills Estates$297K
- Steven BlackOakland$228K
- Jonathan StroberSan Francisco$164K
- Hasmukh AminBakersfield$140K
- Colleen KraftNewport Beach$122K
- Lela BachrachOakland$119K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.