Soham Shah
Hospitalist · Bakersfield, CANPI 1720493943
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $797,391 of the $843,814 with a category attached, or 94.5%. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $582,653 and has fallen 95.9% since, to $23,836 in 2024. Among hospitalist 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 126 payments — averaging $6696.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.$844K
- Medtronic$59
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$797,39194%
- Travel & lodging$42,5685%
- Food & beverage$2,4610%
- Education$1,3940%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. | 124 | $843,755 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $59 |
How this compares
$843,814 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,469 hospitalist providers in California.
Other hospitalist in Bakersfield
- Reza RafieBakersfield$5K
- Jennifer SchneiderSanta Rosa$1.2M
- Alpesh AminOrange$428K
- Retha GoodglickSanta Monica$156K
- Robert WachterSan Francisco$75K
- Steven WongTorrance$36K
- Edward LeeLos Angeles$30K
- Anjani KolahiOrange$30K
- Omar AldaasSan Diego$24K
- Summaiya MuhammadCastro Valley$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.