Kara Schmidt
Physician Assistant · Houston, TXNPI 1205272101
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.1% of the total across 69 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $766, more than ten times the $16 reported in 2021.
Across 69 payments — averaging $26.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$388
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$267
- Otter Pharmaceuticals, LLC$127
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$115
- UCB, Inc.$106
- Pfizer$83
- plus $711 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,77999%
- Education$171%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $388 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $267 |
| Otter Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $127 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $115 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $106 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $83 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $83 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $81 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 3 | $73 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 2 | $65 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $63 |
| Immedica Pharma US, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $44 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $21 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $20 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 1 | $16 |
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.
- QELBREE$206
How this compares
$1,796 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Other physician assistant in Houston
- Simone SteeleHouston$237K
- Amanda WilhiteHouston$207K
- Christina YazdaniHouston$72K
- Julie Huynh-LuHouston$64K
- Jennifer FalconeHouston$48K
- Jacqueline WeatherlyHouston$47K
- Samantha SalvatoraHouston$45K
- Virginia SchneiderHouston$43K
- Jill MillerHouston$32K
- Mercedes SerranoHouston$28K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.