Edward Vasquez, APRN
Acute Care · Richland Hills, TXNPI 1467114470
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $13,141 of the $15,541 with a category attached, or 84.6%. It is spread thinly across 38 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,035, more than ten times the $129 reported in 2021. Among acute care 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 568 payments — averaging $27.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$3K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- GSK$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$1K
- Sanofi$972
- Regeneron$574
- plus $6K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,12714%
- Food & beverage$13,14185%
- Education$2732%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 34 | $3,449 |
| AstraZeneca | 57 | $1,990 |
| GSK | 85 | $1,303 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 41 | $1,044 |
| Sanofi | 43 | $972 |
| Regeneron | 4 | $574 |
| Amgen | 53 | $554 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 26 | $537 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 40 | $532 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 13 | $410 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 12 | $392 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 17 | $342 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 13 | $317 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 10 | $313 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 11 | $306 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 19 | $296 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 15 | $272 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $226 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $206 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $192 |
| Novartis | 9 | $186 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 6 | $177 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $150 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 4 | $103 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $72 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $54 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 2 | $51 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $33 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $32 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, 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.
- Inspire$2,738
- BREZTRI$1,085
- DUPIXENT$1,062
- TEZSPIRE$836
- FASENRA$708
- AIRSUPRA$687
- Prolastin-C Liquid$180
- Arikayce$149
- remede System$143
- GENERAL PULMONARY$126
- Wakix$123
- UPTRAVI$122
- OPSUMIT$122
- Yupelri$117
- Hillrom - Life 2000 Ventilation System$105
- LUMRYZ$101
How this compares
$15,541 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,323 acute care 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OfevNintedanib Esylate | 14 | $185,793 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 234 | $185,312 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 130 | $106,926 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 132 | $16,359 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 21 | $14,610 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 20 | $13,144 |
| Arnuity ElliptaFluticasone Furoate | 43 | $12,219 |
| Wixela InhubFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 106 | $10,952 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 32 | $10,651 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 18 | $10,001 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 11 | $5,873 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 268 | $5,834 |
| BreynaBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 14 | $3,926 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 105 | $1,064 |
| Ventolin HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 13 | $737 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $1,303 | $226,550326 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimOfev, Spiriva Respimat | $192 | $200,40335 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $1,990 | $117,578162 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 95th percentile of 2,323 acute care providers in Texas.
Other acute care in Richland Hills
- Jeremiah SimmonsRichland Hills$15K
- Jennifer PilotteDallas$232K
- Christie MorrisonSan Antonio$225K
- Amanda BradleyDallas$85K
- Laura WilsonEl Paso$32K
- Kim HuynhCypress$29K
- Martha LibertyDallas$28K
- Afton DickersonHouston$27K
- Eleanor WeltgeHouston$25K
- Bahia ElkamandSugar Land$23K
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.