Young Kwak, MD
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery · Long Beach, CANPI 1922443464
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.9% of the total across 202 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 202 payments — averaging $23.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Sanofi$583
- Amgen$506
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$369
- LEO Pharma Inc.$228
- Lilly USA, LLC$216
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,65598%
- Education$992%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 48 | $1,013 |
| Sanofi | 20 | $583 |
| Amgen | 17 | $506 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $369 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 9 | $228 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $216 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $193 |
| Novartis | 8 | $176 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 6 | $175 |
| UCB, Inc. | 9 | $173 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 8 | $136 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $122 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $108 |
| Incyte Corporation | 4 | $105 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 9 | $102 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 6 | $99 |
| Almirall LLC | 4 | $88 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $26 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$4,754 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 144 mohs-micrographic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 45 | $2,629 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide | 31 | $1,515 |
| Ketoconazole | 80 | $1,315 |
| Mupirocin | 180 | $1,204 |
| Desonide | 22 | $1,120 |
| Fluorouracil | 15 | $657 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 57 | $551 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 16 | $526 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 12 | $368 |
| Gentamicin Sulfate | 12 | $342 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 22 | $314 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 14 | $314 |
| Cephalexin | 49 | $157 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 16 | $125 |
| Hydrocortisone | 16 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other mohs-micrographic surgery in Long Beach
- Joanna ChanLong Beach$18K
- Edward GlassbergLong Beach$10K
- Merrick BrodskyLong Beach$3K
- Sarah ArronBurlingame$98K
- Daniel Zelacla Jolla$43K
- Ralph MasseySanta Monica$38K
- Michael MortazieOrange$29K
- Sumaira AasiStanford$27K
- Andrea WilleySacramento$21K
- Benjamin Kelleyla Jolla$20K
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.