Scott Howell
Family Medicine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1831182591
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $791,697 of the $793,191 with a category attached, or 99.8%. Semler Scientific, Inc. accounts for 80.3% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $377,625 and has fallen 76.2% since, to $90,000 in 2022. Among family medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 17 payments — averaging $46,658 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Semler Scientific, Inc.$637K
- Echosens North America, Inc.$156K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$125
- AbbVie$40
- Novo Nordisk$24
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$791,697100%
- Food & beverage$1,4940%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Semler Scientific, Inc. | 5 | $636,572 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 9 | $156,430 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $125 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $40 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $24 |
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
$793,191 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,533 family medicine providers in California.
Other family medicine in Los Angeles
- Pamela KushnerLos Angeles$1.2M
- Alexander RivkinLos Angeles$866K
- Derrick ButlerLos Angeles$692K
- Jacqueline KenneyLos Angeles$121K
- Sherly SoleimanEncino$1.2M
- Sujata NarayanStanford$1.2M
- Jeffrey UngerChino$906K
- Sandra CalmanMontara$589K
- Anthony JonesOakland$377K
- Amira AyadBakersfield$360K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.