Denise Hixon, PA
Physician Assistant · Houston, TXNPI 1548455280
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.1% of the total across 313 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 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,180, 4.1 times the $534 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 313 payments — averaging $21.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Novartis$702
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$699
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$667
- AbbVie$505
- UCB, Inc.$470
- plus $3K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,20892%
- Education$5308%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 44 | $1,009 |
| Novartis | 38 | $702 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 26 | $699 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 28 | $667 |
| AbbVie | 26 | $505 |
| UCB, Inc. | 16 | $470 |
| Amgen | 17 | $387 |
| Sanofi | 12 | $361 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 23 | $360 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $337 |
| Almirall LLC | 15 | $308 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 18 | $234 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $99 |
| Incyte Corporation | 5 | $88 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $88 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $63 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 2 | $36 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $32 |
| Organon | 3 | $27 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$6,738 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 30 | $111,836 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 19 | $72,636 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 108 | $4,459 |
| Tacrolimus | 24 | $3,522 |
| Fluorouracil | 51 | $3,074 |
| Ketoconazole | 158 | $2,746 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 54 | $2,005 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 57 | $1,987 |
| Metronidazole | 42 | $1,760 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 98 | $1,440 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 19 | $455 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 23 | $423 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 18 | $337 |
| Ciclopirox | 16 | $236 |
| Mupirocin | 16 | $118 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Houston
- Simone SteeleHouston$237K
- Amanda WilhiteHouston$207K
- Christina YazdaniHouston$72K
- Julie Huynh-LuHouston$64K
- Jennifer FalconeHouston$48K
- Jacqueline WeatherlyHouston$47K
- Samantha SalvatoraHouston$45K
- Virginia SchneiderHouston$43K
- Jill MillerHouston$32K
- Mercedes SerranoHouston$28K
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.