Kara Kaiser
Physician Assistant · New York, NYNPI 1144729997
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,712 of the $8,885 with a category attached, or 86.8%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 43.3% of the total. Among physician assistant clinicians in NY 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 238 payments — averaging $37.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$511
- Novartis$450
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$422
- Boehringer Ingelheim$258
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,03412%
- Food & beverage$7,71287%
- Education$1392%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 95 | $3,852 |
| Medtronic | 48 | $2,222 |
| Abbott | 8 | $511 |
| Novartis | 26 | $450 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $422 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $258 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $221 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $191 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $158 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $94 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $87 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 5 | $81 |
| Amgen | 4 | $74 |
| Merck | 2 | $44 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $30 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $28 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$8,885 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 26 | $306 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 12 | $96 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in New York
- Kristyl Cuenca-SiskoNew York$478K
- Cameron KiserNew York$225K
- Mervat FalahNew York$143K
- Marlene TaylorNew York$109K
- Natalie TafelNew York$77K
- Jonathan YehNew York$57K
- Emily ElbogenNew York$49K
- Jaclyn ChurchillNew York$48K
- Russell BrandweinNew York$44K
- Michelle MelchiorreNew York$35K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.