Tobias Moeller-Bertram
Pain Medicine · Rancho Mirage, CANPI 1134169741
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,019 of the $3,667 with a category attached, or 82.3%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 42.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,508 and has fallen 52.4% since, to $718 in 2025.
Across 107 payments — averaging $34.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- MDD US Operations, LLC$1K
- Boston Scientific$540
- Abbott$193
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$110
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$22
- plus $45 from 3 others
Across 81 payments — averaging $8305.14 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.
- Boston Scientific$541K
- Masimo Corporation$127K
- Abbott$4K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$64818%
- Food & beverage$3,01982%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 67 | $1,559 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 14 | $1,198 |
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $540 |
| Abbott | 4 | $193 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $110 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $17 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals 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.
How this compares
$3,667 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 840 pain medicine providers in California.
Other pain medicine in Rancho Mirage
- Jason PopeSanta Rosa$2.1M
- Ramana NaiduLarkspur$1.4M
- Foead GeulaStudio City$1.3M
- Krishnan ChakravarthyTemecula$1.3M
- Kasra AmirdelfanWalnut Creek$783K
- Eric GrigsbyNapa$499K
- Jacqueline WeisbeinNapa$494K
- Gerald SacksSanta Monica$389K
- Samir ShethRoseville$356K
- Einar OttestadStanford$352K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.