Uri Guefen, MD
General Practice · Chula Vista, CANPI 1275646333
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 661 payments — averaging $119.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$32K
- Amgen$21K
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$13K
- AstraZeneca$5K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- plus $5K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,2502%
- Speaking & faculty fees$54,32069%
- Travel & lodging$4,9446%
- Food & beverage$18,27123%
- Education$120%
- Entertainment$130%
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 | 132 | $32,423 |
| Amgen | 98 | $20,868 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 93 | $13,335 |
| AstraZeneca | 74 | $4,902 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $1,419 |
| Novo Nordisk | 74 | $1,229 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 51 | $869 |
| Bayer | 18 | $694 |
| Abbott | 6 | $617 |
| GSK | 10 | $318 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $272 |
| Merck | 15 | $256 |
| Novartis | 14 | $242 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $211 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $179 |
| Gilead | 2 | $135 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $91 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $77 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $73 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 2 | $57 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $49 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $30 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Repatha$19,117
- Creon$17,438
- Vascepa$11,718
- FARXIGA$3,188
- Kerendia$464
- WATCHMAN Access System$278
- QULIPTA$247
- UBRELVY$247
- EVENITY$246
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$179
- AVEIR$150
- MitraClip$148
- Farapulse$142
- VersaCross Access Solution$138
- WATCHMAN FLX$132
- Wegovy$122
- Watchman$122
- RYBELSUS$122
- NEXLIZET$122
- NEXLETOL$122
How this compares
$78,810 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 12,963 general practice 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 39 | $56,116 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 16 | $55,767 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 49 | $28,519 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 18 | $25,065 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 25 | $24,141 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 51 | $12,287 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 20 | $12,059 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 18 | $7,969 |
| Repatha PushtronexEvolocumab | 11 | $6,435 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 137 | $1,542 |
| Pregabalin | 14 | $970 |
| Celecoxib | 15 | $820 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 26 | $806 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 41 | $562 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 27 | $549 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $1,229 | $56,11639 claims |
| AbbVieCreon | $32,423 | $55,76716 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $4,902 | $25,06518 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $256 | $24,14125 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 95th percentile of 12,963 general practice providers in California.
Other general practice in Chula Vista
- Sam HalaboChula Vista$359K
- Hessam AazamiCanoga Park$88.4M
- Frederic MollRedwood City$5.7M
- Nathan LiLancaster$5.2M
- Milton McCollSan Jose$4.9M
- Bruce TorkanLos Angeles$3.8M
- Daniel JohnsonPalm Desert$1.5M
- Bradley ChingUpland$1.4M
- Jared AdamsSan Francisco$862K
- Marina GoldGlendale$784K
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.