Vivek Bhupathi
Internal Medicine · Fremont, CANPI 1780172775
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (56.5%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 28.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $19,217, more than ten times the $14 reported in 2021. Among internal medicine 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 204 payments — averaging $143.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$8K
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Biotronik Inc.$6K
- Medtronic$4K
- Abiomed$1000
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$690
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,1304%
- Travel & lodging$16,54957%
- Food & beverage$11,20038%
- Education$4001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 72 | $8,419 |
| Boston Scientific | 40 | $7,405 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 14 | $6,084 |
| Medtronic | 27 | $3,641 |
| Abiomed | 10 | $1,000 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 5 | $690 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $373 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $246 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 6 | $229 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 4 | $213 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $154 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $112 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $58 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $54 |
| Amgen | 1 | $50 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $40 |
| Merck | 2 | $34 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $27 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ENSITE PRECISION$3,328
- Farapulse$3,154
- ENSITE$2,598
- INGEVITY$1,181
- VersaCross Connect LAAC Access Solution$953
- Impella$658
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$542
- CAMZYOS$359
- OPTIMIZER$316
- CARDIOMEMS$251
- AMPLATZER AMULET$200
- AMPLATZER$168
- Carto 3$142
- Indigo System$130
- Micra$124
- FARXIGA$112
How this compares
$29,278 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Other internal medicine in Fremont
- Andrew ChengSouth San Francisco$55.1M
- Tung NgoNewport Beach$4.9M
- Christian EversullStanford$2.9M
- Christian SandrockSacramento$2.1M
- Hatim HusainSan Diego$2M
- Teck LingPalo Alto$1.1M
- Hyong Kimla Jolla$1M
- Rohit Loombala Jolla$965K
- Fred CohenSan Francisco$929K
- Steven EdelmanSan Diego$863K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.