Bianca Vega
Physician Assistant · Fort Lauderdale, FLNPI 1124174511
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,454 of the $5,956 with a category attached, or 74.8%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 35.5% of the total. Among physician assistant clinicians in FL 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 170 payments — averaging $35.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$1K
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$723
- AbbVie$428
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$299
- Globus Medical$291
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,50225%
- Food & beverage$4,45475%
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 | 25 | $2,114 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 18 | $1,005 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 49 | $723 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $428 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 16 | $299 |
| Globus Medical | 10 | $291 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 10 | $200 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 4 | $174 |
| Curonix LLC | 5 | $171 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $124 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $84 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $29 |
| ERMI LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$305
- UBRELVY$125
- Prospera$121
- QULIPTA$106
How this compares
$5,956 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 8,062 physician assistant providers in Florida.
Other physician assistant in Fort Lauderdale
- Audrey BeckerSt Augustine$689K
- Kevin WilliamsTampa$647K
- Brian BonomoLecanto$559K
- Melissa SingletonOcala$482K
- Reeli ReinuMaitland$427K
- Jeanelle KingMiami$424K
- Risha BellomoOrlando$397K
- Jason BergerClearwater$344K
- Ashley MillerGainesville$328K
- Nicole HillOrlando$319K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.