Carrie Kugler
Physician Assistant · Amherst, NYNPI 1013274828
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 394 payments — averaging $19.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$978
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$555
- SK Life Science, Inc.$466
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$276
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,825100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 82 | $1,938 |
| UCB, Inc. | 47 | $1,121 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 43 | $978 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 25 | $555 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 17 | $466 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $276 |
| Corium, LLC | 13 | $240 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 17 | $237 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 17 | $205 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 13 | $164 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $155 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $142 |
| Greenwich Biosciences, Inc. | 13 | $138 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $130 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $122 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 6 | $121 |
| GE HealthCare | 13 | $100 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $99 |
| Novartis | 3 | $69 |
| Biogen | 4 | $68 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Zogenix Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $29 |
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| PTC Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$7,825 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 25 | $345 |
| Topiramate | 12 | $195 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Amherst
- Michael AsbachAmherst$962K
- Madeline SliszAmherst$101K
- Rachel AllenAmherst$54K
- Lauren JendraszekAmherst$40K
- Delaney FragaleAmherst$33K
- Henry YuBronx$1M
- Janelle BunceJamestown$565K
- Kristyl Cuenca-SiskoNew York$478K
- Melissa WhiteGarden City$320K
- Lawrence HermanHolbrook$315K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.