Richard Liu, MD
Otolaryngology · la Mesa, CANPI 1548286453
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 155 payments — averaging $55.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$7K
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$594
- GSK$516
- Aerin Medical Inc.$213
- Optinose US, Inc.$133
- Medtronic$94
- plus $105 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$97911%
- Food & beverage$7,55989%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 100 | $6,884 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 10 | $594 |
| GSK | 25 | $516 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 8 | $213 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 6 | $133 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $94 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $83 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $22 |
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.
- ENTELLUS - XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$984
- CLARIFIX CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE$775
- XPRESS ENT DILATION SYSTEM$567
- ENTELLUS - FOCESS HD WIRELESS CAMERA$286
- SHAVER SYSTEM$243
- ENTELLUS - FOCESS SINUSCOPES$140
- ENTELLUS - ENTELLUS MEDICAL SHAVER SYSTEM$124
- SCOPIS ENT$111
- ENTELLUS - FIAGON SINUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM CONSUMABLES$106
How this compares
$8,538 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,021 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 86 | $3,948 |
| Azithromycin | 51 | $735 |
| Mupirocin | 33 | $605 |
| Prednisone | 74 | $516 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 42 | $258 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 18 | $224 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 13 | $165 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 18 | $136 |
| Famotidine | 12 | $88 |
| Triamterene-HydrochlorothiazidTriamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid | 11 | $35 |
| Omeprazole | 14 | $28 |
| Lorazepam | 12 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in la Mesa
- Geoffrey Pitzerla Mesa$192K
- Randall OwRoseville$4.3M
- Amir MoradiVista$2.6M
- Brian WeeksSan Diego$1.6M
- Charles LimbSan Francisco$1.5M
- Andrew BerosSan Diego$688K
- Paul SchalchChula Vista$573K
- Steven DavisTorrance$544K
- Arnaud BewleySacramento$541K
- Keith BlackwellLos Angeles$349K
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.