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Vlad Nusinovich, MD

Internal Medicine · West Hollywood, CANPI 1144288036

Payments from drug & device makers

$27,804in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 1,183 payments — averaging $23.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Amgen$4K
  • AbbVie$3K
  • AstraZeneca$3K
  • Amarin Pharma, Inc.$1K
  • Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$1K
  • Bayer$916
  • plus $14K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$90%
  • Food & beverage$27,64899%
  • Education$1471%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Amgen(2 entities)166$3,595
AbbVie(2 entities)153$3,282
AstraZeneca(2 entities)95$3,120
Amarin Pharma, Inc.48$1,463
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC80$1,126
Bayer21$916
Johnson & Johnson18$844
Ardelyx, Inc.26$803
Novartis47$800
Lilly USA, LLC37$754
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.9$718
Boehringer Ingelheim32$679
Novo Nordisk35$669
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc31$647
Pfizer42$628
Eisai Inc.23$407
Gilead22$395
GSK17$355
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.22$330
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.14$329
Shield Therapeutics Inc14$304
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.11$296
Bristol Myers Squibb7$288
Radius Health, Inc.8$268
Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.12$256
Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc.7$250
Merck7$249
Redhill Biopharma Inc.12$245
Almatica Pharma LLC11$233
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.21$229
Astellas Pharma US Inc7$226
Lundbeck LLC10$223
Sanofi6$220
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)4$209
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.8$203
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.9$195
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.14$187
Pulmonx Corporation4$165
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc4$159
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.6$136
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.6$133
Vifor Pharma, Inc.1$122
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.4$117
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.5$96
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.4$85
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3$79
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.2$63
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.3$61
IBSA Pharma Inc.3$53
Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC2$43
Bausch Health US, LLC2$42
QOL Medical, LLC2$42
Vertiflex, Inc.2$41
Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc.2$37
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$33
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$28
Viiv Healthcare Company1$27
Corium, LLC4$26
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.1$24
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC1$24

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

$27,804 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,298,076
Medicare patients
1,029
Services billed
23,143

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Omeprazole-Sodium BicarbonateOmeprazole/Sodium Bicarbonate2,406$2,327,076
Zileuton ErZileuton449$1,275,496
Diclofenac Sodium2,097$1,210,926
Metformin Er GastricMetformin Hcl736$938,988
CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase999$920,839
Dihydroergotamine Mesylate758$905,909
OzempicSemaglutide721$698,202
Lactulose478$645,647
Tavaborole529$607,722
MounjaroTirzepatide550$592,733
LinzessLinaclotide1,017$554,515
Diflorasone Diacetate917$523,043
Naproxen-Esomeprazole MagNaproxen/Esomeprazole Mag373$464,738
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab804$446,894
LofenaDiclofenac Potassium259$441,110

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
AbbVieCreon, Linzess$3,282$1,475,3542,016 claims
Novo NordiskOzempic$669$698,202721 claims
Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro$754$592,733550 claims
BayerKerendia$916$379,245578 claims
SanofiCerezyme$220$378,27612 claims
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Edarbyclor, Edarbi$33$334,7161,358 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta$679$264,879480 claims
MerckJanumet, Januvia$249$235,403443 claims
PfizerEliquis$628$223,921431 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$844$93,329158 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 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.

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