Christine Haack, PA
Physician Assistant · West Des Moines, IANPI 1265545420
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,480 of the $5,148 with a category attached, or 67.6%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 35.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,801 and has fallen 76.0% since, to $432 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in IA 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 117 payments — averaging $44.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Vertex$144
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$135
- Globus Medical$121
- plus $400 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,62332%
- Food & beverage$3,48068%
- Education$451%
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 | 20 | $1,830 |
| AbbVie | 60 | $1,501 |
| Medtronic | 14 | $1,018 |
| Vertex | 2 | $144 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $135 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $121 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $61 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Abbott | 3 | $52 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $48 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $35 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Prism Medical | 1 | $30 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Pfizer | 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.
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$725
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$666
- QULIPTA$490
- Intracept$477
- UBRELVY$468
- SYNCHROMEDII$459
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$126
- JOURNAVX$122
- Senza$121
How this compares
$5,148 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,140 physician assistant providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 28 | $25,031 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 674 | $19,465 |
| Buprenorphine | 65 | $19,073 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 12 | $10,327 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 209 | $9,013 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 18 | $8,137 |
| Fentanyl | 77 | $7,342 |
| Oxymorphone Hcl ErOxymorphone Hcl | 19 | $7,246 |
| Tiagabine Hcl | 24 | $5,564 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 261 | $5,224 |
| Pregabalin | 205 | $3,944 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 94 | $3,487 |
| Gabapentin | 167 | $2,456 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 76 | $1,863 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 122 | $1,317 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in West Des Moines
- Laura CunninghamWest Des Moines$128K
- Taylor MyersWest Des Moines$7K
- Bianca WaldschmidtWest Des Moines$7K
- Amanda van WykWest Des Moines$6K
- Caitlin StudleyWest Des Moines$5K
- Lauren CrawfordWest Des Moines$5K
- McKenzie TonksWest Des Moines$4K
- Bailey O'DonnellWest Des Moines$4K
- Racheal McMahonWest Des Moines$4K
- Jacy NunezWest Des Moines$3K
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.