David Watson
Emergency Medicine · Fort Hood, TXNPI 1689244469
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $1,950 of the $2,172 with a category attached, or 89.8%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, AbbVie. Among emergency medicine clinicians in TX 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 5 payments — averaging $434.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
Across 61 payments — averaging $39,683 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.
- AbbVie$2.4M
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,95090%
- Food & beverage$22210%
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 | 5 | $2,172 |
How this compares
$2,172 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,952 emergency medicine providers in Texas.
Other emergency medicine in Fort Hood
- John McKinneyTyler$1.9M
- William PeacockHouston$513K
- Myiesha TaylorSunnyvale$369K
- James WilliamsSan Antonio$360K
- Armando MolinaEl Paso$290K
- Arthur AbelloAustin$204K
- Farid DharamsiDallas$159K
- David RobinsonHouston$143K
- Basil KhalafHouston$93K
- Elizabeth FaganMcKinney$67K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.