Candra Smith
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Houston, TXNPI 1851945638
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 342 payments — averaging $18.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alkermes, Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$840
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$703
- Johnson & Johnson$597
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$476
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$438
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,466100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alkermes, Inc. | 71 | $1,352 |
| AbbVie | 60 | $840 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 35 | $703 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 34 | $597 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 19 | $476 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 13 | $438 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 31 | $366 |
| Indivior Inc. | 14 | $358 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $240 |
| Corium, LLC | 10 | $221 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 11 | $220 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 6 | $159 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 8 | $158 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $118 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| OWP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $24 |
| Luye Pharma (USA) Ltd. | 1 | $22 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $20 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Auvelity$134
How this compares
$6,466 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,724 psychiatric/mental health providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Clozapine | 11 | $2,605 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Houston
- Natalie TellezHouston$602K
- Britney PridgenHouston$57K
- Linzi LeightonHouston$16K
- Samantha SharpeHouston$14K
- Jennifer RobinsonHouston$12K
- Tracy HicksLongview$684K
- Karah BrashierRichardson$567K
- Grant DavisRichardson$360K
- Victor IlogEl Paso$167K
- Lisa ShamblinGrapevine$163K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.