Rita Mehta, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Orange, CANPI 1215017470
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $18,060 of the $19,341 with a category attached, or 93.4%. Novartis accounts for 81.5% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,038 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $44 in 2024.
Across 15 payments — averaging $1289.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$16K
- Puma Biotechnology, Inc.$4K
- Gilead$12
Across 14 payments — averaging $4868.12 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$62K
- Merck$6K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$17
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,06093%
- Travel & lodging$8404%
- Food & beverage$4292%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 12 | $15,770 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 2 | $3,560 |
| Gilead | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$19,341 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,363 hematology & oncology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VerzenioAbemaciclib | 41 | $587,660 |
| Fulvestrant | 12 | $17,158 |
| Anastrozole | 179 | $2,807 |
| Exemestane | 14 | $2,534 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 28 | $895 |
| Letrozole | 13 | $261 |
| LoperamideLoperamide Hcl | 11 | $131 |
| Omeprazole | 14 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hematology & oncology in Orange
- Catherine CoombsOrange$786K
- Arash Rezazadeh KalebastyOrange$516K
- Misako NagasakaOrange$507K
- Elizabeth BremOrange$335K
- May ChoOrange$334K
- Angela FleischmanOrange$255K
- Dennis SlamonLos Angeles$3.1M
- Sandra HorningStanford$2.5M
- Mohammadbagher ZiariCorona$2.5M
- George YaghmourLos Angeles$1.9M
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.