Andrea Goldbach
Physician Assistant · Buffalo, NYNPI 1578050068
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.7% of the total across 165 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Abbott accounts for 67.7% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,405 and has fallen 61.9% since, to $535 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 165 payments — averaging $31.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Si-bone, Inc.$324
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$292
- Nevro Corp.$292
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$197
- AbbVie$174
- plus $426 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$681%
- Food & beverage$5,21099%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 112 | $3,574 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $324 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 12 | $292 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $292 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 6 | $197 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $174 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 3 | $117 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 5 | $78 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $46 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Vertex | 1 | $32 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- Proclaim DRG IPG$737
- PROCLAIM$619
- OCTRODE$592
- Senza$150
How this compares
$5,278 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 242 | $2,785 |
| Pregabalin | 40 | $773 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 40 | $608 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 30 | $273 |
| Prednisone | 93 | $224 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $166 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 13 | $163 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $150 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 28 | $101 |
| Meloxicam | 27 | $63 |
| Diazepam | 15 | $10 |
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).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.