Kate Ford
Physician Assistant · Los Gatos, CANPI 1467105346
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 100 payments — averaging $17.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$789
- GSK$383
- Pfizer$122
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$52
- Novo Nordisk$48
- Amgen$46
- plus $293 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,733100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 55 | $789 |
| GSK | 19 | $383 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $122 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $48 |
| Amgen | 2 | $46 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $31 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $25 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
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
$1,733 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 13 | $201 |
| Losartan Potassium | 14 | $118 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $64 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Los Gatos
- Julie LamLos Gatos$31K
- John QuigleyDowney$2.9M
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.