Vahik Meserkhani, DDS
Prosthodontics · Glendale, CANPI 1275784183
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $194,050 of the $234,516 with a category attached, or 82.7%. Zimvie Inc. accounts for 69.7% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among prosthodontics clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 350 payments — averaging $670.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimvie Inc.$163K
- Zimmer Biomet$69K
- Straumann USA LLC$853
- Implant Direct Sybron International LLC$642
- Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc.$138
- Nobel Biocare USA$62
- plus $195 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$194,05083%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,5004%
- Travel & lodging$20,7929%
- Food & beverage$9,1634%
- Entertainment$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimvie Inc. | 196 | $163,367 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 108 | $69,258 |
| Straumann USA LLC | 14 | $853 |
| Implant Direct Sybron International LLC | 17 | $642 |
| Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. | 4 | $138 |
| Nobel Biocare USA | 1 | $62 |
| Kulzer, LLC | 3 | $50 |
| 3M Company | 2 | $50 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Kerr Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Henry Schein, 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.
- Tapered Screw-Vent$71,624
- Zimmer Biomet Instruments and Implants$49,691
- Diem2-RevitaliZe$20,166
- OSSEOTITE NT$20,015
- All T3 Implants$11,576
- TSX Implants$10,625
- 3i T3$8,325
- RealGUIDE IMPLANT MOUNT$4,300
- Bellatek$3,440
- Diem2$2,660
- Navigator System$1,720
- Dental Product Portfolio$720
- Tapered Screw$514
- Value Implants$227
- SIMPLYFIXED INTERACTIVE$146
- 3DIEMME RealGUIDE$130
- Zimmer Abutments$121
- LEGACY SYSTEM$119
- EDUCATION$103
How this compares
$234,516 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 337 prosthodontics 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 24 | $140 |
| Amoxicillin | 31 | $72 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other prosthodontics in Glendale
- Winston CheeGlendale$5K
- Tae KimLos Angeles$965K
- Andrew FerrierLafayette$812K
- Robert WinterNewport Beach$735K
- Eugene KimBuena Park$469K
- Edmond BedrossianSan Francisco$313K
- Joseph KanLoma Linda$211K
- Stephanie YeungSanta Monica$195K
- Nadim BabaLoma Linda$122K
- Varisha ParikhLos Angeles$97K
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.