Emily Scudder
Physician Assistant · San Antonio, TXNPI 1922609395
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 103 payments — averaging $25.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$679
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$418
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$410
- Boston Scientific$407
- AbbVie$165
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$72
- plus $450 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,600100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 10 | $679 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 39 | $418 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 10 | $410 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $407 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $165 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $72 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $68 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 3 | $56 |
| Vertex | 2 | $47 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $38 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $30 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
How this compares
$2,600 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 81 | $3,586 |
| Lidocaine | 28 | $3,202 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 67 | $2,181 |
| Gabapentin | 118 | $2,081 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 123 | $1,778 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 80 | $1,211 |
| Methylprednisolone | 55 | $545 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 33 | $380 |
| Baclofen | 32 | $366 |
| Methocarbamol | 19 | $276 |
| Meloxicam | 63 | $224 |
| Ibuprofen | 20 | $210 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Andrew PrattSan Antonio$87K
- Sarah MerrittSan Antonio$55K
- Monica ChapmanSan Antonio$38K
- Lisa GarrisonSan Antonio$35K
- Cynthia TrickettDallas$1.3M
- Kristine KuceraMelissa$797K
- Selina SantosAustin$543K
- Matthew BrunoMcKinney$538K
- Brooke HodnickSouthlake$479K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.