Kristin Shields
Physician Assistant · New Castle, INNPI 1669493839
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,556 of the $4,192 with a category attached, or 84.8%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 42.4% of the total. Among physician assistant clinicians in IN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 149 payments — averaging $28.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$513
- MML US, Inc.$194
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$153
- Lifenet Health$114
- plus $356 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$63615%
- Food & beverage$3,55685%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 64 | $1,778 |
| Boston Scientific | 38 | $1,083 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $513 |
| MML US, Inc. | 3 | $194 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 7 | $153 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $114 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 5 | $108 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $70 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $66 |
| Amgen | 3 | $48 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Vertex | 1 | $15 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $15 |
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
$4,192 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,955 physician assistant providers in Indiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 14 | $625 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 48 | $323 |
| Methylprednisolone | 30 | $149 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $106 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in New Castle
- Kristen GumpfCarmel$142K
- Andrew NordIndianapolis$47K
- Qun Ming ZhangIndianapolis$28K
- Lauren HoweMunster$28K
- A FergusonFort Wayne$22K
- Jacquelyn BeemerFort Wayne$21K
- Lindsay YoderIndianapolis$21K
- Eryn GormanClinton$18K
- Audrey HewittBloomington$17K
- Mackenzie LawsonIndianapolis$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.