Steven Potkin
Psychiatry · Orange, CANPI 1730213133
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $75,846 of the $107,685 with a category attached, or 70.4%. Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. accounts for 79.4% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among psychiatry 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 121 payments — averaging $889.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$86K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$8K
- Alkermes, Inc.$8K
- H. Lundbeck A S$4K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$775
Across 84 payments — averaging $1140.41 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.
- Eisai Inc.$50K
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$46K
- Alkermes, Inc.$110
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,44013%
- Speaking & faculty fees$75,84670%
- Travel & lodging$15,22714%
- Food & beverage$2,1552%
- Education$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 102 | $85,505 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 7 | $7,726 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $7,500 |
| H. Lundbeck A S | 3 | $3,513 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 6 | $2,665 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $775 |
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.
- ABILIFY MAINTENA$73,406
- REXULTI$14,178
- INVEGA TRINZA$775
How this compares
$107,685 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,954 psychiatry providers in California.
Other psychiatry in Orange
- Gustavo AlvaOrange$5.8M
- Rimal BeraOrange$138K
- John KooSan Francisco$3M
- Jason KelloggIrvine$2.7M
- Jonathan MeyerSan Diego$2.3M
- Charles Tuan-Tu NguyenIrvine$2.1M
- Manoj WaikarLos Gatos$1.9M
- Gerald MaguireSan Juan Capistraco$1.8M
- Salima BrillmanSunnyvale$1.4M
- Bibi DasStanford$1.4M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.