Kathryn Tyler
Physician Assistant · Mission Viejo, CANPI 1629633789
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $54,390 of the $76,966 with a category attached, or 70.7%. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 79.2% of it on its own, with 35 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $37,058 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $4,694 in 2025. 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 421 payments — averaging $182.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$61K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Abiomed$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Novartis$991
- plus $7K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$54,39071%
- Travel & lodging$7,2299%
- Food & beverage$15,29720%
- Education$500%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 88 | $60,920 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $2,890 |
| Abbott | 40 | $2,185 |
| Abiomed | 29 | $1,786 |
| Boston Scientific | 22 | $1,093 |
| Novartis | 57 | $991 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 6 | $973 |
| Amgen | 27 | $773 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 22 | $585 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 8 | $579 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 12 | $384 |
| Pfizer | 21 | $377 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $374 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $374 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 21 | $366 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 10 | $330 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 4 | $306 |
| Merck | 6 | $300 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $300 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 3 | $234 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $186 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $131 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $62 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $33 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $29 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $28 |
| GSK | 1 | $27 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 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.
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$49,895
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$9,955
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$3,821
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$3,073
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$973
- Impella$655
- MitraClip$406
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$321
- OPTIMIZER SMART SYSTEM$300
- OPTIS$290
- WATCHMAN Access System$276
- EVOQUE$258
- WAINUA$239
- CAMZYOS$236
- VERQUVO$234
- EMBLEM S ICD ELECTRODE DELIVERY SYSTEM$200
- Barostim Neo System$180
- LifeVest$162
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$152
- Edora$148
How this compares
$76,966 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 293 | $342,159 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 89 | $125,474 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 74 | $88,278 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 45 | $63,795 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 23 | $22,713 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 27 | $17,003 |
| VerquvoVericiguat | 14 | $14,151 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 219 | $3,180 |
| EdarbiAzilsartan Medoxomil | 12 | $3,028 |
| Sotalol AfSotalol Hcl | 85 | $2,289 |
| Valsartan | 112 | $2,205 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 185 | $2,022 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 85 | $1,968 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 48 | $1,877 |
| Losartan Potassium | 194 | $1,809 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $377 | $342,159293 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $991 | $125,47489 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $28 | $88,27874 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $366 | $63,79545 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $585 | $22,71323 claims |
| MerckVerquvo | $300 | $14,15114 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Other physician assistant in Mission Viejo
- 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
- 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.