Kristen Tejada
Physician Assistant · Bel Air, MDNPI 1942436480
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 257 payments — averaging $20.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$789
- AOP Health US, LLC$675
- Boston Scientific$553
- Boehringer Ingelheim$449
- AstraZeneca$437
- Scpharmaceuticals Inc.$368
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2895%
- Food & beverage$5,10595%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 83 | $789 |
| AOP Health US, LLC | 1 | $675 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $553 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 18 | $449 |
| AstraZeneca | 21 | $437 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $368 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 16 | $295 |
| Novartis | 17 | $273 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $223 |
| Pfizer | 20 | $210 |
| Amgen | 5 | $140 |
| Merck | 6 | $107 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $104 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 5 | $85 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Bayer | 4 | $80 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Abbott | 2 | $54 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $43 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $23 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| GSK | 1 | $18 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Rapiblyk$1,350
- WATCHMAN FLX$464
How this compares
$5,394 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,567 physician assistant providers in Maryland.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 72 | $93,828 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 22 | $37,301 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 11 | $6,808 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 60 | $1,005 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 60 | $999 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 33 | $905 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 40 | $733 |
| Digoxin | 18 | $462 |
| Ezetimibe | 19 | $452 |
| Lisinopril | 34 | $369 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 39 | $353 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 39 | $300 |
| Carvedilol | 31 | $257 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 17 | $241 |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | 12 | $230 |
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 | $210 | $93,82872 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $223 | $37,30122 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 90th percentile of 2,567 physician assistant providers in Maryland.
Other physician assistant in Bel Air
- Benjamin DiffenderferBel Air$13K
- Amit PatelBel Air$12K
- Katie EckenrodeBel Air$11K
- Margaret JoyceTowson$220K
- Kara CossisBaltimore$177K
- Michael RitmillerOwings Mills$92K
- Garland JamesSilver Spring$86K
- Melissa BearekmanBaltimore$81K
- Brittany YerkesSalisbury$81K
- Bruce SmithBaltimore$63K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.