Victoria Ku
Acute Care · Los Angeles, CANPI 1790036994
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.9% of the total across 146 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. at 33.8% of the total. Among acute care 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 146 payments — averaging $48.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$2K
- United Therapeutics Corporation$2K
- Merck$695
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$417
- Bayer$304
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$174
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,52793%
- Education$5017%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 69 | $2,377 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 40 | $2,045 |
| Merck | 13 | $695 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $417 |
| Bayer | 6 | $304 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $174 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $156 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $125 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $125 |
| Abbott | 1 | $122 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $95 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $82 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 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.
How this compares
$7,028 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,153 acute care 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Potassium Chloride | 34 | $6,299 |
| Sildenafil Citrate | 17 | $4,166 |
| Bumetanide | 17 | $657 |
| Tadalafil | 15 | $505 |
| Spironolactone | 59 | $398 |
| Digoxin | 25 | $379 |
| Furosemide | 61 | $255 |
| Metolazone | 12 | $207 |
| Famotidine | 18 | $81 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Los Angeles
- Frances DyLos Angeles$57K
- Kori Ann JohnstonLos Angeles$42K
- Sunita BoparaiLos Angeles$37K
- Sherona BauLos Angeles$32K
- Stacey GrossLos Angeles$22K
- Mary HuntsingerLos Angeles$12K
- Charlotte LipskyLos Angeles$10K
- Kimberly TranLos Angeles$8K
- Lisa YenLos Angeles$7K
- Rafael BegluyanLos Angeles$7K
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.