Jacob Collins
Physician Assistant · Los Angeles, CANPI 1033690961
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 592 payments — averaging $39.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$8K
- Pfizer$6K
- Gilead$3K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$894
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$817
- Merck$674
- plus $4K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,30031%
- Travel & lodging$1,1315%
- Food & beverage$14,70963%
- Education$1130%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 246 | $7,654 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $6,139 |
| Gilead | 76 | $3,006 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 36 | $894 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $817 |
| Merck | 26 | $674 |
| Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc | 25 | $591 |
| Amgen | 28 | $562 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 24 | $464 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 16 | $346 |
| AstraZeneca | 17 | $309 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 13 | $293 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $244 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $164 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $115 |
| GSK | 6 | $101 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 4 | $100 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 5 | $87 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 1 | $85 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $75 |
| Halozyme Inc | 3 | $68 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $68 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $50 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $38 |
| Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 2 | $36 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $20 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $19 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $14 |
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
$23,253 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nicotrol NsNicotine | 12 | $5,664 |
| Emtricitabine-Tenofovir DisopEmtricitabine/Tenofovir (Tdf) | 12 | $1,133 |
| Dutasteride | 12 | $252 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 17 | $194 |
| Eszopiclone | 13 | $173 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 13 | $167 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 11 | $147 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 11 | $139 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 14 | $97 |
| Finasteride | 12 | $89 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 21 | $85 |
| Omeprazole | 14 | $77 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 19 | $72 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 15 | $65 |
| Benazepril Hcl | 14 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Asia SullivanLos Angeles$61K
- Felipe FindleyLos Angeles$51K
- Melissa GriffinLos Angeles$39K
- John QuigleyDowney$2.9M
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.