Amanda Rinaldi
Physician Assistant · Buffalo, NYNPI 1164833992
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 132 payments — averaging $18.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$527
- AbbVie$358
- Pfizer$255
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$247
- Lilly USA, LLC$235
- Shield Therapeutics Inc$123
- plus $723 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,469100%
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.
How this compares
$2,469 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 80 | $2,415 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 28 | $583 |
| Gabapentin | 44 | $480 |
| Pregabalin | 40 | $380 |
| Ibuprofen | 34 | $328 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 36 | $270 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 29 | $242 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $230 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 23 | $163 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 11 | $114 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $80 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Buffalo
- Scott SpringerBuffalo$95K
- Henry YuBronx$1M
- Michael AsbachAmherst$962K
- Janelle BunceJamestown$565K
- Kristyl Cuenca-SiskoNew York$478K
- Melissa WhiteGarden City$320K
- Lawrence HermanHolbrook$315K
- Kaitlyn NelsonBrooklyn$289K
- Sari KatzGarden City$271K
- Julius NwosuBronx$256K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.