Yaron Friedman, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Walnut Creek, CANPI 1730104704
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Acessa Health Inc. at 54.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,085 and has fallen 97.4% since, to $55 in 2025.
Across 16 payments — averaging $238.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acessa Health Inc.$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- AbbVie$125
- Minerva Surgical, Inc$49
- Pfizer$39
- Coopersurgical, Inc.$22
- plus $25 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,06654%
- Travel & lodging$1,10029%
- Food & beverage$61516%
- Education$391%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acessa Health Inc. | 1 | $2,066 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $1,494 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $125 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 2 | $49 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $39 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $19 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $6 |
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.
- Acessa$2,066
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,319
How this compares
$3,819 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,784 obstetrics & gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 33 | $2,060 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Walnut Creek
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- Samir HageRedlands$640K
- Malcolm MunroLos Angeles$609K
- Michael KrychmanCosta Mesa$547K
- Anita NelsonTorrance$530K
- Jan SegnitzSan Jose$511K
- Risa KaganBerkeley$497K
- Michael GreenOxnard$424K
- Howard SalvaySanta Cruz$421K
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.