Shoji Yano
Internal Medicine · Los Angeles, CANPI 1538256979
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 158 payments — averaging $554.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.$72K
- Sanofi$9K
- Amgen$5K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$1K
- Sanofi US Services Inc.$525
- Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc$292
- plus $620 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,25042%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,51012%
- Travel & lodging$1,39811%
- Food & beverage$3,69830%
- Education$5404%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 58 | $71,656 |
| Sanofi | 47 | $8,747 |
| Amgen | 3 | $4,789 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $1,010 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 4 | $525 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 3 | $292 |
| PTC Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $244 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 28 | $131 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $60 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| GSK | 2 | $41 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$87,640 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sapropterin Dihydrochloride | 71 | $306,695 |
| LevocarnitineLevocarnitine (With Sugar) | 42 | $9,399 |
| Levocarnitine | 24 | $4,492 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Los Angeles
- William TownerLos Angeles$27.4M
- Herbert EradatLos Angeles$11.6M
- Deborah WongLos Angeles$10.7M
- Robin KelleyLos Angeles$5.8M
- David GuzmanLos Angeles$4.3M
- Siwen Hu-LieskovanLos Angeles$2.9M
- Andrew ChengSouth San Francisco$55.1M
- Joel NeutelTustin$34.9M
- Donald BrandonSan Diego$34M
- Rahul AggarwalSan Francisco$24M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.