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Russ Shimizu, MD

Neurology · Santa Monica, CANPI 1780688242

Payments from drug & device makers

$29,679in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,344 payments — averaging $22.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$4K
  • UCB, Inc.$2K
  • Lundbeck LLC$2K
  • Novartis$1K
  • Amgen$1K
  • Biogen$1K
  • plus $18K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Speaking & faculty fees$2701%
  • Food & beverage$29,01298%
  • Education$3971%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie(2 entities)161$3,742
UCB, Inc.84$2,125
Lundbeck LLC71$1,674
Novartis82$1,351
Amgen(2 entities)69$1,281
Biogen53$1,236
Lilly USA, LLC53$1,225
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.49$1,157
CSL Behring50$1,100
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC53$1,056
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC31$989
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC54$864
MDD US Operations, LLC61$848
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.30$832
Harmony Biosciences LLC23$707
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc45$660
AstraZeneca(2 entities)20$634
Pfizer27$621
Kyowa Kirin, Inc.24$614
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.25$490
SK Life Science, Inc.18$476
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.20$453
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.17$430
Merz North America, Inc.12$376
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc17$358
Eisai Inc.11$356
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.12$352
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.13$251
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.13$249
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.11$239
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.10$215
Genentech USA, Inc.8$205
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.11$193
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.9$189
Argenx US, Inc.7$188
Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.8$187
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.9$183
Almatica Pharma LLC7$168
EMD Serono, Inc.5$158
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)4$125
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.6$121
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.3$97
Assertio Therapeutics, Inc.6$89
Zyla Life Sciences, Inc.9$89
Bausch Health US, LLC3$78
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.3$71
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$71
Abbott3$57
Boston Scientific3$56
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc2$56
Forte Bio-pharma LLC2$50
GE HealthCare2$47
Sanofi2$46
Tonix Medicines, Inc.2$36
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.2$36
Promius Pharma LLC1$29
Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc1$28
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$26
Medtronic1$25
Bristol Myers Squibb1$17

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

$29,679 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$209,866
Medicare patients
318
Services billed
1,306

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
BetaseronInterferon Beta-1b12$114,181
NuedextaDextromethorphan Hbr/Quinidine44$82,054
NeuproRotigotine27$33,512
QuliptaAtogepant24$29,354
UbrelvyUbrogepant15$23,984
RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa28$21,493
AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate11$15,129
QuviviqDaridorexant Hcl26$12,344
Rivastigmine52$10,846
Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm12$10,651
Ajovy SyringeFremanezumab-Vfrm13$9,550
Memantine Hcl162$5,180
Memantine Hcl ErMemantine Hcl39$2,682
Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium11$2,402
Levetiracetam38$2,389

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta$490$82,05444 claims
AbbVieQulipta, Ubrelvy$3,742$53,33839 claims
UCB, Inc.Neupro$2,125$33,51227 claims
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary$1,056$21,49328 claims
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom$249$15,12911 claims
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US IncQuviviq$56$12,34426 claims
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate$864$39728 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 1,996 neurology providers in California.

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