Roy Kaplan
Rheumatology · Encinitas, CANPI 1215962451
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 206 payments — averaging $307.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$37K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$25K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$462
- Novartis$255
- Pfizer$253
- UCB, Inc.$204
- plus $858 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,31323%
- Speaking & faculty fees$32,91452%
- Travel & lodging$11,31118%
- Food & beverage$4,7498%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 74 | $36,738 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 48 | $24,517 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 4 | $462 |
| Novartis | 12 | $255 |
| Pfizer | 20 | $253 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $204 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $172 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 10 | $172 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $143 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $125 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $90 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 2 | $63 |
| Merck | 2 | $30 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| GSK | 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
$63,287 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 808 rheumatology providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| PrivigenImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-50 | 13 | $210,185 |
| Teriparatide | 14 | $30,229 |
| Leucovorin Calcium | 19 | $302 |
| Prednisone | 21 | $131 |
| Methotrexate SodiumMethotrexate Sodium/Pf | 11 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other rheumatology in Encinitas
- Samy MetyasCovina$12.9M
- Christine ThaiHuntington Beach$8.5M
- Tien-I SuWhittier$8.4M
- Eric LeeUpland$6.9M
- Orrin TroumSanta Monica$6.9M
- Shirley PangFullerton$5.7M
- William RobinsonStanford$5.1M
- Dan laTujunga$5.1M
- Christina Charles-SchoemanLos Angeles$4.8M
- Suneet GrewalWest Hollywood$3.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.