Emily Piala
Physician Assistant · Wheat Ridge, CONPI 1548491657
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 324 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 49 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,653 and has fallen 58.8% since, to $681 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in CO 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 324 payments — averaging $19.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$980
- AbbVie$804
- Lilly USA, LLC$500
- AstraZeneca$414
- GSK$340
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$329
- plus $3K from 43 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,199100%
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.
How this compares
$6,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,849 physician assistant providers in Colorado.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 27 | $42,740 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 14 | $23,992 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 15 | $21,228 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 20 | $17,241 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 20 | $12,580 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 15 | $7,878 |
| PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated | 11 | $4,637 |
| ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf | 15 | $4,534 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 13 | $3,518 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 219 | $2,181 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 262 | $1,926 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 55 | $1,562 |
| Pregabalin | 34 | $1,443 |
| Omeprazole | 54 | $1,344 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 51 | $1,322 |
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, Premarin | $279 | $47,37738 claims |
| GSKAnoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Arexvy | $340 | $24,99250 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $143 | $23,99214 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $500 | $21,22815 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $256 | $17,24120 claims |
| AstraZenecaSymbicort | $414 | $3,51813 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $804 | $1,07120 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 2,849 physician assistant providers in Colorado.
Other physician assistant in Wheat Ridge
- Donald MooreEnglewood$246K
- Neekan AeiniGreenwood Village$234K
- Korby HowellCortez$182K
- Heather FinlaysonLittleton$180K
- Kristen LervikDenver$131K
- Marissa Moritz-GuzikLouisville$94K
- Clayton LabaumeDurango$87K
- Emily FrischDenver$79K
- Daniel HumerLone Tree$69K
- Christine ZerrLittleton$68K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.