Samuel Penziner
Hospitalist · Los Angeles, CANPI 1073900809
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,242 of the $1,473 with a category attached, or 84.3%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Merck. Among hospitalist clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 8 payments — averaging $184.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$1K
Across 1,682 payments — averaging $1457.86 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.
- Modernatx, Inc.$1.4M
- AstraZeneca$331K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$292K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$172K
- Eli Lilly$155K
- Pfizer$50K
- plus $50K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,24284%
- Food & beverage$23216%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 8 | $1,473 |
How this compares
$1,473 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,469 hospitalist providers in California.
Other hospitalist in Los Angeles
- Edward LeeLos Angeles$30K
- Pooya BanankhahLos Angeles$3K
- Jennifer SchneiderSanta Rosa$1.2M
- Soham ShahBakersfield$844K
- Alpesh AminOrange$428K
- Retha GoodglickSanta Monica$156K
- Robert WachterSan Francisco$75K
- Steven WongTorrance$36K
- Anjani KolahiOrange$30K
- Omar AldaasSan Diego$24K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.