Kara Cantu
Physician Assistant · Austin, TXNPI 1528333267
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 763 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 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $4,309 and has fallen 69.4% since, to $1,317 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in TX 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 763 payments — averaging $19.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$2K
- Alkermes, Inc.$1K
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$865
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$828
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$827
- plus $7K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$14,49599%
- Education$1001%
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.
- LYBALVI$1,349
- ARISTADA$468
- QELBREE$339
- Auvelity$246
- VRAYLAR$238
- Austedo XR$224
- REXULTI$124
- ACTIVA$122
- Azstarys$122
- Dayvigo$122
- AUSTEDO$121
- JORNAY PM$118
- ARISTADA INITIO$117
- Dyanavel XR$115
- Quillivant$115
- Quillichew ER$115
- INGREZZA$115
- CAPLYTA$100
How this compares
$14,595 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 13 | $148 |
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.