Thaidra Gaufin, MD
Infectious Disease · Santa Barbara, CANPI 1851634745
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 23 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Viiv Healthcare Company accounts for 72.7% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2024 is the largest year on record at $226, more than ten times the $18 reported in 2021.
Across 23 payments — averaging $24.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$402
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$41
- Dynavax Technologies Corporation$31
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$26
- Insmed, Inc.$19
- AbbVie$18
- plus $16 from 1 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $1807.69 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.
- Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC$24K
- Eli Lilly$16K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$10K
- Amgen$6K
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$5K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$553100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 16 | $402 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $16 |
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.
- DOVATO$103
How this compares
$553 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 856 infectious disease providers in California.
Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 53 | $212,101 |
| OdefseyEmtricitab/Rilpiviri/Tenof Ala | 32 | $119,731 |
| CabenuvaCabotegravir/Rilpivirine | 15 | $95,795 |
| TivicayDolutegravir Sodium | 41 | $91,790 |
| DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine | 22 | $68,826 |
| DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam | 22 | $48,340 |
| GenvoyaElviteg/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alafen | 13 | $46,923 |
| IsentressRaltegravir Potassium | 12 | $21,930 |
| Maraviroc | 17 | $16,663 |
| Etravirine | 12 | $10,283 |
| Daptomycin | 19 | $6,497 |
| Qnasl ChildrenBeclomethasone Dipropionate | 11 | $5,578 |
| ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium | 16 | $3,066 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 20 | $1,898 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 18 | $1,585 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyCabenuva, Tivicay, Dovato | $402 | $256,41178 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 856 infectious disease providers in California.
Other infectious disease in Santa Barbara
- Claire PomeroySacramento$2.6M
- Javeed SiddiquiRoseville$1.5M
- George SakoulasSan Diego$902K
- Arthur JengSylmar$766K
- James McKinnellTorrance$762K
- Jay GladsteinLos Angeles$657K
- Tulika SinghOrange$654K
- Otto YangLos Angeles$472K
- Franco FelizartaBakersfield$440K
- Shawn HasslerSan Francisco$433K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.