Romeo Ladero
Gerontology · Murrieta, CANPI 1356869846
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 74 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 28.4% of the total.
Across 74 payments — averaging $17.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$373
- Johnson & Johnson$274
- Novo Nordisk$113
- Amgen$73
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$68
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$45
- plus $364 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,309100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 25 | $373 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $274 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $113 |
| Amgen | 4 | $73 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $68 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $34 |
| CMP Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $31 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $28 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Bayer | 1 | $23 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $21 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Abbott | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| Xeris 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.
- XARELTO$125
How this compares
$1,309 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 348 gerontology providers in California.
Other gerontology in Murrieta
- Lovely IsraelSanta Monica$95K
- Leslie TarlowLos Angeles$58K
- Christine PartamianPorter Ranch$41K
- Elsa Pineda-FloresLos Angeles$24K
- Maria MottaDuarte$23K
- Daniel ChiuOrange$17K
- Katiaryna KulinichChula Vista$15K
- Nataliya OsorioRiverside$13K
- Anne Marie de Joya ReeveDuarte$11K
- Wendy AlmonteLemoore$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.