James Lynch
Physician Assistant · Chula Vista, CANPI 1235747866
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Vertos Medical, Inc. accounts for 72.8% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $16,328 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $999 in 2025. 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 242 payments — averaging $134.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$24K
- Abbott$3K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- MML US, Inc.$429
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$421
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,19050%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,4004%
- Travel & lodging$7,40023%
- Food & beverage$7,49623%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 41 | $23,654 |
| Abbott | 60 | $3,453 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 63 | $2,192 |
| Medtronic | 23 | $1,056 |
| MML US, Inc. | 9 | $429 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 10 | $421 |
| Stryker | 1 | $350 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 11 | $331 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 7 | $176 |
| Painteq LLC | 5 | $128 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $95 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $47 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $28 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $24 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- mild Device Kit$23,489
- PROCLAIM$1,541
- Axium$938
- ReActiv8$348
- Evoke$295
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$276
- Vanta$229
- Evoke SCS$184
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$117
How this compares
$32,485 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 12 | $2,198 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 17 | $1,855 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 74 | $1,611 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 12 | $239 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $35 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Chula Vista
- 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.