Andrew Gaffney
Physician Assistant · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1023367588
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,588 of the $4,290 with a category attached, or 83.6%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 36.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,197, 4.7 times the $470 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in NM 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 129 payments — averaging $33.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$710
- Pfizer$324
- Johnson & Johnson$321
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$274
- Cvrx, Inc.$252
- plus $825 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$70216%
- Food & beverage$3,58884%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 35 | $1,582 |
| Medtronic | 20 | $710 |
| Pfizer | 20 | $324 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $321 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 10 | $274 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 8 | $252 |
| Abbott | 6 | $239 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $228 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $189 |
| Medicomp Inc | 1 | $50 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 2 | $45 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $27 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $13 |
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
$4,290 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 635 physician assistant providers in New Mexico.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 238 | $254,127 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 154 | $176,681 |
| Dofetilide | 193 | $42,606 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 165 | $5,785 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 194 | $3,117 |
| Propafenone Hcl ErPropafenone Hcl | 11 | $2,721 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 128 | $2,045 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 48 | $1,502 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 70 | $1,496 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 75 | $593 |
| Carvedilol | 49 | $499 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 34 | $409 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 31 | $387 |
| Verapamil ErVerapamil Hcl | 12 | $347 |
| Digoxin | 16 | $257 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $324 | $254,127238 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $321 | $176,681154 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 635 physician assistant providers in New Mexico.
Other physician assistant in Albuquerque
- Leigh HigginsAlbuquerque$10K
- Maria AbeytaAlbuquerque$8K
- Kari LavigneAlbuquerque$8K
- Elizabeth BelitzAlbuquerque$8K
- Desiree BarelaAlbuquerque$6K
- Stephanie BeyesAlbuquerque$5K
- Stephanie GonzalesAlbuquerque$5K
- Miquela WiegelAlbuquerque$5K
- Gabriela PobarAlbuquerque$5K
- Jacklyn ChavezAlbuquerque$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.