David Gerber
Emergency Medical Services · Tomball, TXNPI 1528095478
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Abiomed. That places this record below the midpoint for emergency medical services clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $115.
Across 1 payment — averaging $13.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$14
Across 4 payments — averaging $243,107 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- AstraZeneca$972K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$14100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$14 in reported general payments places this provider in the 5th percentile of 127 emergency medical services providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Valsartan | 13 | $369 |
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 11 | $219 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 14 | $170 |
| Methylprednisolone | 21 | $153 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 11 | $104 |
| Dexamethasone | 14 | $81 |
| Lisinopril | 17 | $74 |
| Azithromycin | 16 | $70 |
| Amoxicillin | 18 | $61 |
| Prednisone | 29 | $38 |
| Alprazolam | 15 | $37 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other emergency medical services in Tomball
- Sudip BoseDallas$26K
- Anita DattaKingwood$8K
- Allison RednerDallas$7K
- David HamanBrownsville$6K
- Edward RachtAustin$4K
- Paul PepeDallas$4K
- George DavisHouston$3K
- Joseph MartinezDallas$3K
- Anthony MartinezSan Antonio$3K
- Sandeep GuptaArlington$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.