Emily Smith
Physician Assistant · la Quinta, CANPI 1184456089
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.9% of the total across 173 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 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among physician assistant clinicians in CA 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 173 payments — averaging $27.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$796
- AbbVie$681
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$611
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$571
- UCB, Inc.$530
- Novartis$401
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,52897%
- Education$1453%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 35 | $796 |
| AbbVie | 38 | $681 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 20 | $611 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $571 |
| UCB, Inc. | 17 | $530 |
| Novartis | 14 | $401 |
| GSK | 6 | $186 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $175 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $111 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $97 |
| Sobi, Inc | 3 | $90 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $74 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Alvogen Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- PURIFIED CORTROPHIN GEL$342
- Otezla$135
How this compares
$4,673 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 41 | $1,540 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 49 | $1,220 |
| Leflunomide | 18 | $1,046 |
| Gabapentin | 40 | $1,038 |
| Sulfasalazine | 27 | $839 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 22 | $451 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 52 | $435 |
| Prednisone | 22 | $160 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $132 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 12 | $118 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in la Quinta
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
- Andrea FoxStanford$172K
- Asma HussainiThousand Oaks$102K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.