Amanda Nelson
Physician Assistant · Long Beach, CANPI 1932509072
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $37,125 of the $45,453 with a category attached, or 81.7%. AbbVie accounts for 95.1% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $26,005 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $342 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in CA 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 203 payments — averaging $223.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$43K
- Johnson & Johnson$695
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$562
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$134
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$127
- Bausch Health US, LLC$100
- plus $594 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$37,12582%
- Travel & lodging$4,65310%
- Food & beverage$3,6758%
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) | 107 | $43,242 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 23 | $695 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 29 | $562 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $134 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $127 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $100 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $80 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $76 |
| Corium, LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Biogen | 3 | $47 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $25 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Braeburn Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| OWP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $18 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $17 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$45,453 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Austedo XrDeutetrabenazine | 12 | $163,530 |
| Wellbutrin XlBupropion Hcl | 12 | $55,757 |
| AplenzinBupropion Hbr | 12 | $31,381 |
| VyvanseLisdexamfetamine Dimesylate | 15 | $7,116 |
| Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate | 15 | $3,486 |
| Aripiprazole | 37 | $2,933 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 21 | $2,700 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 72 | $1,766 |
| Vilazodone Hcl | 23 | $1,568 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 48 | $1,137 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 51 | $1,026 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 51 | $872 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 59 | $560 |
| Gabapentin | 44 | $555 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 17 | $541 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo Xr | $127 | $163,53012 claims |
| Bausch Health US, LLCAplenzin | $100 | $31,38112 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 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Other physician assistant in Long Beach
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
- Andrea FoxStanford$172K
- Asma HussainiThousand Oaks$102K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.