Kathryn Springfield
Physician Assistant · Plano, TXNPI 1073185716
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 466 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 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,681, more than ten times the $242 reported in 2021. 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 466 payments — averaging $22.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc$1K
- Novo Nordisk$975
- Tolmar, Inc.$729
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$523
- AstraZeneca$493
- plus $5K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,356100%
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 | 84 | $1,724 |
| Ascendis Pharma Endocrinology Inc | 61 | $1,018 |
| Novo Nordisk | 35 | $975 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 29 | $729 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 24 | $523 |
| AstraZeneca | 24 | $493 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 18 | $489 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 35 | $472 |
| BETA Bionics, Inc. | 8 | $385 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $337 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 17 | $309 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $308 |
| Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $227 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $221 |
| Insulet Corporation | 6 | $218 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 13 | $205 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $200 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 5 | $193 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 7 | $182 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 3 | $143 |
| Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $141 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 7 | $133 |
| Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $130 |
| Sandoz | 5 | $109 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $106 |
| Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Zealand Pharma US, Inc. | 6 | $88 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $44 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $22 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$10,356 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Other physician assistant in Plano
- Jaime RomanPlano$338K
- Sara FreemanPlano$57K
- Cynthia TrickettDallas$1.3M
- Kristine KuceraMelissa$797K
- Selina SantosAustin$543K
- Matthew BrunoMcKinney$538K
- Brooke HodnickSouthlake$479K
- Holly GloverArlington$418K
- Kirk GautierAthens$416K
- 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.