Kathleen Laurel
Physician Assistant · Upland, CANPI 1134131394
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 365 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 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among physician assistant clinicians in CA 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 365 payments — averaging $21.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- AbbVie$956
- Ardelyx, Inc.$870
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$755
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$536
- QOL Medical, LLC$502
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,706100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 102 | $1,791 |
| AbbVie | 52 | $956 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 48 | $870 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 21 | $755 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 23 | $536 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 23 | $502 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 19 | $365 |
| Gilead | 10 | $279 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 17 | $272 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $253 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $237 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $221 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 8 | $168 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $122 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $111 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $108 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $98 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
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
$7,706 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 100 | $5,934 |
| Omeprazole | 35 | $567 |
| Famotidine | 31 | $504 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 25 | $388 |
| Lactulose | 11 | $338 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 14 | $86 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Upland
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
- Andrea FoxStanford$172K
- Asma HussainiThousand Oaks$102K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.