Physician profile

Joel D Epstein

Pulmonary Disease · Lakewood, CA

NPI 1013037779

$4,721.69

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

24 companies · none reported in 2025

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$98.20

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, INC. $1,006.87 2019-2022
Glaxosmithkline, LLC. $740.99 2019-2022
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $712.30 2019-2021
Allergan, INC. $613.83 2019-2020
Zoll Services LLC (A/K/A Zoll Lifecor Corp) $412.05 2019-2021
Mylan Specialty L.P. $400.47 2019-2022
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, INC. $171.31 2021-2023 Dupixent
Philips North America LLC $107.38 2019-2021
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $88.68 2019-2022
Genzyme Corporation $69.94 2021-2022
Advanced Respiratory, INC $58.17 2020
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals INC. $54.50 2019
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, INC. $47.17 2019-2022
Electromed, INC. $40.58 2023 Smartvest
United Therapeutics Corporation $35.87 2019-2021
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Pulmonx Corporation $28.86 2022
Gilead Sciences, INC. $24.80 2019
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, INC $22.79 2021
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC $20.72 2021
Baxter Healthcare $19.98 2023 Hillrom - Life 2000 Ventilation System
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, INC. $13.53 2021
Abbvie INC. $13.13 2023
Circassia INC. $11.50 2019
Inogen, INC. $6.27 2022

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Joel D Epstein

$4,721.69

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2023
Top company
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, INC.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.