Kristin Kuenstler
Physician Assistant · Odessa, TXNPI 1740605211
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 130 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 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,368 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $25 in 2024.
Across 130 payments — averaging $19.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$431
- GSK$402
- AstraZeneca$275
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$190
- CSL Behring$185
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$112
- plus $964 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,560100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 18 | $431 |
| GSK | 23 | $402 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $275 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $190 |
| CSL Behring | 7 | $185 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $112 |
| Amgen | 5 | $95 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 4 | $95 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 5 | $94 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 5 | $84 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 4 | $82 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $70 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $65 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $54 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $27 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Biocryst US Sales Co., LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,560 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Other physician assistant in Odessa
- Cynthia TrickettDallas$1.3M
- Kristine KuceraMelissa$797K
- Selina SantosAustin$543K
- Matthew BrunoMcKinney$538K
- Brooke HodnickSouthlake$479K
- Holly GloverArlington$418K
- Kirk GautierAthens$416K
- Jaime RomanPlano$338K
- Michael WhiteDallas$276K
- Heidi JeffreysLubbock$259K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.