Alice Spina
Physician Assistant · Budd Lake, NJNPI 1760725998
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.1% of the total across 310 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 20.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among physician assistant clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 310 payments — averaging $19.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- AbbVie$682
- Pfizer$432
- GSK$422
- Bayer$307
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,83699%
- Education$541%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 59 | $1,225 |
| AstraZeneca | 40 | $1,002 |
| AbbVie | 39 | $682 |
| Pfizer | 28 | $432 |
| GSK | 22 | $422 |
| Bayer | 17 | $307 |
| Merck | 12 | $227 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $222 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $210 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 11 | $171 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $140 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 8 | $133 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $113 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $95 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Insulet Corporation | 3 | $60 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $59 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $40 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
How this compares
$5,890 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,726 physician assistant providers in New Jersey.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 28 | $36,738 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 15 | $19,077 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 11 | $2,643 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 79 | $1,005 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 51 | $542 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 34 | $496 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 42 | $375 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 26 | $358 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 11 | $354 |
| Omeprazole | 26 | $246 |
| Lorazepam | 14 | $242 |
| Metformin Hcl | 34 | $194 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 19 | $188 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $186 |
| Citalopram HbrCitalopram Hydrobromide | 16 | $180 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $1,225 | $36,73828 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $1,002 | $19,07715 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 2,726 physician assistant providers in New Jersey.
Other physician assistant in Budd Lake
- Alexa HetzelEast Windsor$588K
- Nicole Schmid DavisHamilton$148K
- Todd NewmanHoboken$73K
- Patrick McGinnShrewsbury$72K
- Tatiana Dell'aquilaNutley$43K
- Nicole ColucciRiverdale$36K
- Salvatore SciurbaMiddletown$25K
- Jacqueline CristiniEdison$22K
- Mark MazakLakewood$21K
- Andrea BarkerPrinceton$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.