Christopher Cornett
Physician Assistant · Ventura, CANPI 1952863573
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.2% of the total across 435 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,597, 2.4 times the $1,529 reported in 2022. Among physician assistant clinicians in CA 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 435 payments — averaging $24.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$2K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Amgen$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$1K
- Sanofi$1K
- Novartis$667
- plus $4K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$390%
- Food & beverage$10,65998%
- Education$1561%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 92 | $1,611 |
| AstraZeneca | 52 | $1,459 |
| Amgen | 42 | $1,130 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 45 | $1,048 |
| Sanofi | 35 | $1,043 |
| Novartis | 26 | $667 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 15 | $596 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $402 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 10 | $390 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 20 | $381 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 12 | $307 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $201 |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $169 |
| CSL Behring | 6 | $165 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 8 | $164 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $147 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 6 | $119 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 5 | $108 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $89 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $86 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $84 |
| Incyte Corporation | 3 | $83 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $49 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| ADMA Biomanufacturing LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $36 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Greer Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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
$10,854 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Other physician assistant in Ventura
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
- Andrea FoxStanford$172K
- Asma HussainiThousand Oaks$102K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.