Top Family Medicine in California by Industry Payments

This analysis ranks the top family medicine practitioners in California by total payments received from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, based on CMS Open Payments data. The 20 providers listed here collectively received $14,263,960 over the covered period.

Data source: CMS Open Payments + Medicare Part B Coverage: 2018–2024 Providers analyzed: 20 State: California
$14,263,960
Total Industry Payments
Across all providers in this analysis
20
Providers Analyzed
With at least one payment on record
$320,322
Median Total Payments
Half of providers received more, half received less
Context: Industry payments to physicians are legally required to be disclosed under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. Payments may reflect consulting expertise, research participation, or speaking engagements. This data is provided to support transparency, not to render clinical judgments.

Top Family Medicine by Total Industry Payments — California

CMS Open Payments
# Provider Total Payments Companies Years Active
1
Milton McColl
San Jose, CA
$4,873,651
4 2018–2024
2
Sujata Narayan
Stanford, CA
$1,554,073
2 2018–2021
3
Sherly Soleiman
Sherman Oaks, CA
$1,171,684
7 2018–2024
4
Pamela Kushner
Los Angeles, CA
$1,067,687
32 2018–2024
5
Scott Howell
Los Angeles, CA
$918,986
6 2018–2022
6
Alpesh Amin
Orange, CA
$621,971
34 2018–2024
7
Derrick Butler
Los Angeles, CA
$610,900
20 2018–2024
8
Sandra Calman
Montara, CA
$588,938
1 2019–2020
9
Oakland, CA
$385,853
40 2018–2024
10
Woodland, CA
$320,322
13 2018–2024
11
Daniel Berez
Studio City, CA
$279,461
3 2018–2021
12
Bakersfield, CA
$278,465
43 2018–2024
13
Ronald McAllister
Napa, CA
$256,562
4 2018–2021
14
Carol Barnes-Blanks
Lake Forest, CA
$255,223
4 2018–2024
15
Clara Yu
Downey, CA
$224,328
10 2018–2024
16
Dennis Shults
Brea, CA
$181,159
1 2021–2024
17
Encinitas, CA
$177,861
15 2018–2024
18
Mission Viejo, CA
$169,137
39 2018–2024
19
French Camp, CA
$165,691
4 2019–2024
20
Bill Mc Carberg
San Diego, CA
$162,008
12 2018–2023

State payment context — Family Medicine in California

CMS Open Payments

Beyond the top recipients listed above, 9,825 family medicine providers in California have at least one disclosed industry payment, totaling $32,148,607 (2018–2024).

The median family medicine provider in California received $234 in total payments, versus a national median of $294 for the same specialty.

Payments to this specialty in California peaked in 2021, when $9,009,203 changed hands across 78,464 transactions. Stryker Corporation has been the largest single payer over the period, and San Jose leads all California cities in payment volume for this specialty.

Top companies paying Family Medicine providers in California

Company Total payments Providers paid Transactions
Stryker Corporation $4,894,591 163 220
Novo Nordisk Inc $1,570,312 3,537 51,540
Topera, Inc. $1,553,923 1 4
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $1,511,066 3,094 46,006
Allergan, Inc. $1,365,580 1,164 7,600
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $1,285,480 1,410 11,612
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $1,133,598 3,496 32,134
Amgen Inc. $1,032,757 2,646 31,482

Industry payments to Family Medicine providers in California by year

Year Total payments Providers paid Transactions
2018 $4,567,995 5,371 110,983
2019 $5,067,581 5,110 97,379
2020 $2,425,715 3,794 60,788
2021 $9,009,203 4,046 78,464
2022 $3,814,977 4,577 71,058
2023 $3,427,134 4,815 71,827
2024 $3,836,002 5,081 74,159

Top California cities for Family Medicine industry payments

City Total payments Providers paid Transactions
San Jose $5,074,304 136 7,473
Los Angeles $3,409,058 488 23,309
Stanford $1,556,404 23 83
Sherman Oaks $1,199,229 20 2,080
Orange $833,695 85 6,599
San Diego $815,237 394 16,380
Bakersfield $600,391 136 11,434
Montara $588,938 1 15
Methodology Providers filtered to California-licensed family medicine practitioners (NPI taxonomy code 207Q00000X) with at least one Open Payments record. Payments aggregated across all years and all payment types. Rankings reflect cumulative totals, not annualized figures. Data source: CMS Open Payments, accessed via doctransparency.com database.
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