Forensic Psychiatry in California
43 providers, $189,358 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $120.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays forensic psychiatry clinicians in California
Across 4 forensic psychiatry clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $1,453,446 in total — an average of $363,362 each, of which $363,362 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Markus PloesserChula Vista$156,914
- 2Katrina PetersSan Francisco$14,936
- 3Cameron QuanbeckSacramento$5,974
- 4Anthony CozzolinoSan Jose$3,142
- 5Robin LinSacramento$1,334
- 6Seth CohenAtascadero$1,294
- 7Paul BohnLos Angeles$725
- 8Edgar CatingubSacramento$596
- 9Alejandro PerezAtascadero$464
- 10Praveen KambamLos Angeles$408
- 11Michael TakamuraPoway$380
- 12Theresa MoonCorona$280
- 13Margaret MillerNapa$239
- 14Matthew SoulierFolsom$232
- 15Karsten HeilLos Gatos$228
- 16Larry NahmiasDesert Hot Springs$207
- 17Justin JonesAtascadero$184
- 18Eunbit OwenSacramento$169
- 19Richard MayCoalinga$158
- 20Mark JaffeWest Hollywood$138
- 21William NolanSacramento$136
- 22Bobby SinghSan Francisco$120
- 23Jeffrey GouldSan Francisco$118
- 24David GlaserEncino$113
- 25Ariel TroncosoSanta Cruz$112
- 26Michael ArcuriAtascadero$111
- 27Sanjay SahgalFresno$110
- 28David HendersonAtascadero$94
- 29Mathis AbramsBeverly Hills$61
- 30Olga YahontovaAtascadero$49
- 31Nhuhy HathucCoalinga$47
- 32Kevin ChanSacramento$33
- 33Laurie RicherSan Francisco$31
- 34Renee BinderSan Francisco$31
- 35Garen GharakhanianCorcoran$31
- 36Laura Leard HanssonAtascadero$31
- 37David KanWalnut Creek$29
- 38Ann MillerAtascadero$24
- 39Archangel de LeonSacramento$19
- 40Ansar HarounSan Diego$16
- 41Alisha SmithLos Angeles$15
- 42Victor Perez PreciadoAtascadero$14
- 43Gowri RamachandranSacramento$12