Heather Austin
Physician Assistant · Salinas, CANPI 1265444582
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $179,256 of the $219,433 with a category attached, or 81.7%. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. accounts for 70.8% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $62,165, 3.5 times the $17,536 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in CA 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 363 payments — averaging $604.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$155K
- Johnson & Johnson$60K
- Baxter Healthcare$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$448
- Abbott$419
- Abiomed$302
- plus $800 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$179,25682%
- Travel & lodging$30,64014%
- Food & beverage$9,3314%
- Education$2060%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 246 | $155,351 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 66 | $60,266 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 22 | $1,848 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $448 |
| Abbott | 3 | $419 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $302 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 7 | $296 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $159 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Cerus Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
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.
- STRATAFIX$157,174
- DERMABOND$152,733
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$86,849
- MONOCRYL$79,655
- PDS$79,655
- EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human)$57,495
- VISTASEAL$46,315
- SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix$26,274
- EVARREST$6,637
- ETHICON$2,941
- DERMABOND PRINEO$695
- No Related Product$420
- PREVELEAK$363
- FLOSEAL$340
- NAVITOR$154
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$149
- KONECT RESILIA$146
- ProtekDuo$144
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$139
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$139
How this compares
$219,433 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amiodarone Hcl | 19 | $424 |
| Potassium Chloride | 30 | $311 |
| Mupirocin | 14 | $141 |
| Furosemide | 30 | $108 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 22 | $91 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 30 | $84 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Salinas
- Jennifer CarlquistSalinas$54K
- 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
- 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.