Joseph Novack
Family · Schertz, TXNPI 1770028573
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 139 payments — averaging $15.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$570
- Lundbeck LLC$299
- AbbVie$240
- Abbott$229
- MML US, Inc.$128
- Boston Scientific$88
- plus $644 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,16398%
- Education$352%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 52 | $570 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 22 | $299 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 13 | $240 |
| Abbott | 11 | $229 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $88 |
| Vertex | 2 | $64 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $61 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $41 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $35 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $35 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ReActiv8$128
How this compares
$2,198 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Other family in Schertz
- Lashonda CraneHouston$3.4M
- David WeirDallas$959K
- Luba YammineHouston$479K
- Robin BeachHouston$428K
- Nirupama JeromeAustin$418K
- April LopezMcAllen$417K
- Linda MercadoHouston$211K
- Sarah AguilarHouston$199K
- Sie ThomasDallas$197K
- Anna CastroSan Antonio$184K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.