Cristy Kokell-Grassi
Physician Assistant · Huntington, NYNPI 1588751994
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 232 payments — averaging $19.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$781
- Amgen$477
- Johnson & Johnson$343
- Abbott$341
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$320
- Merck$306
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,586100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 51 | $781 |
| Amgen | 24 | $477 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $343 |
| Abbott | 11 | $341 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 18 | $320 |
| Merck | 16 | $306 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $220 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $214 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $197 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $190 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $171 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $155 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $147 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $125 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $91 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $62 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $51 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Medicomp Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $24 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- CARDIOMEMS$166
How this compares
$4,586 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 120 | $119,838 |
| EliquisApixaban | 40 | $66,861 |
| WegovySemaglutide | 27 | $39,641 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 20 | $23,397 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 19 | $21,472 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $8,585 |
| Bumetanide | 16 | $997 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 42 | $726 |
| Labetalol Hcl | 18 | $690 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 56 | $563 |
| Valsartan | 21 | $489 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 47 | $253 |
| Losartan Potassium | 31 | $205 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 16 | $141 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 14 | $112 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $197 | $66,86140 claims |
| Novo NordiskWegovy, Ozempic | $171 | $63,03747 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $155 | $21,47219 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $343 | $8,58511 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Other physician assistant in Huntington
- Henry YuBronx$1M
- Michael AsbachAmherst$962K
- Janelle BunceJamestown$565K
- Kristyl Cuenca-SiskoNew York$478K
- Melissa WhiteGarden City$320K
- Lawrence HermanHolbrook$315K
- Kaitlyn NelsonBrooklyn$289K
- Sari KatzGarden City$271K
- Julius NwosuBronx$256K
- Cameron KiserNew York$225K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.