RxDoctor Payments Data

Sylvia Rivera, MD

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Santa Barbara, CANPI 1932424702

Payments from drug & device makers

$2,106in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 71 payments — averaging $29.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$495
  • Medtronic$374
  • Abbott$234
  • Novo Nordisk$150
  • AstraZeneca$125
  • Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$82
  • plus $646 from 17 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$1,92291%
  • Education$754%
  • Other$1105%

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

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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.

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

$2,106 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 952 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$28,666
Medicare patients
95
Services billed
598

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
OzempicSemaglutide52$77,026
TrulicityDulaglutide24$46,690
JardianceEmpagliflozin25$32,854
Synjardy XrEmpagliflozin/Metformin Hcl16$18,444
MounjaroTirzepatide14$16,802
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol19$16,329
RybelsusSemaglutide12$14,571
Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec18$13,033
Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart13$3,790
Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro12$3,412
Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog24$2,624
Nano 2nd Gen Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic25$2,090
SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium16$1,370
Hydrocortisone11$802
Levothyroxine Sodium45$626

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus$150$91,59764 claims
Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro$34$63,49238 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy Xr$57$51,29841 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga$125$16,32919 claims
AbbVieSynthroid$72$1,37016 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 55th percentile of 952 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in California.

Other endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism in Santa Barbara

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