Kaitlyn Zugibe
Physician Assistant · West Hartford, CTNPI 1932684974
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $13,074 of the $15,917 with a category attached, or 82.1%. 55 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 34.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $7,918 and has fallen 93.7% since, to $499 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in CT 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 695 payments — averaging $22.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$5K
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$711
- Argenx US, Inc.$694
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$623
- Neurelis, Inc.$563
- CSL Behring$529
- plus $7K from 49 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6004%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,15014%
- Food & beverage$13,07482%
- Education$931%
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.
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
$15,917 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,795 physician assistant providers in Connecticut.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sumatriptan Succinate | 14 | $1,185 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in West Hartford
- Stephanie GortWest Hartford$19K
- Gary SpinnerBridgeport$119K
- Jordan MarcouTrumbull$44K
- Mary ElliottGuilford$43K
- Christopher ThompsonGroton$42K
- Michael LalondeNew Haven$35K
- Kristine LaneMiddletown$30K
- Kathryn MidgleyNew Haven$28K
- Richard MoroPlainfield$25K
- Janine TedescoDarien$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.