Juhi Bhatt
Physician Assistant · Austin, TXNPI 1477195212
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 62 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 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 62 payments — averaging $17.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$163
- Novo Nordisk$132
- AstraZeneca$93
- AbbVie$93
- Merck$78
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$58
- plus $448 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,065100%
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.
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(2 entities) | 8 | $163 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $132 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $93 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $93 |
| Merck | 5 | $78 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| GSK | 3 | $53 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $45 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 2 | $27 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Novartis | 1 | $13 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,065 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Naproxen | 21 | $364 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 56 | $308 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 13 | $281 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 13 | $279 |
| Aripiprazole | 11 | $188 |
| Glipizide ErGlipizide | 11 | $188 |
| Metformin Hcl | 24 | $122 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 13 | $69 |
| Lisinopril | 13 | $61 |
| Losartan Potassium | 15 | $39 |
| Carvedilol | 13 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Austin
- Selina SantosAustin$543K
- Stephen IngramAustin$215K
- Cynthia TrickettDallas$1.3M
- Kristine KuceraMelissa$797K
- Matthew BrunoMcKinney$538K
- Brooke HodnickSouthlake$479K
- Holly GloverArlington$418K
- Kirk GautierAthens$416K
- Jaime RomanPlano$338K
- Michael WhiteDallas$276K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.