Sylvia Chen
Physician Assistant · Santa Monica, CANPI 1023131786
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 130 payments — averaging $18.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organon$346
- Novo Nordisk$339
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$204
- AbbVie$193
- Evofem Biosciences, Inc.$144
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$136
- plus $1K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,452100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Organon | 16 | $346 |
| Novo Nordisk | 14 | $339 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 22 | $204 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $193 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 8 | $144 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $136 |
| Bayer | 6 | $127 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $123 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 4 | $83 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 3 | $62 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $58 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $37 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $35 |
| Cepheid | 1 | $34 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Millicent US Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $21 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $21 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Medicem Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Saxenda$113
How this compares
$2,452 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 14 | $1,149 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 18 | $735 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Santa Monica
- Brittany LehmannSanta Monica$72K
- John QuigleyDowney$2.9M
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.