Kristine Alvarez
Physician Assistant · Hutchinson, KSNPI 1568546562
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 80 payments — averaging $45.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$884
- AstraZeneca$485
- Bayer$308
- Novo Nordisk$279
- Amgen$263
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$239
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$62217%
- Food & beverage$3,00383%
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 | 10 | $884 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $485 |
| Bayer | 9 | $308 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $279 |
| Amgen | 3 | $263 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $239 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $163 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $151 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $132 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $108 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $61 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $56 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $52 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $41 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $25 |
| Merck | 2 | $23 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Merlin Connectivity and Remote$489
- Repatha$249
- Kerendia$224
- WAINUA$125
- Wegovy$125
- BREZTRI$125
- FARXIGA$125
- CAMZYOS$125
- Ozempic$123
- NURTEC ODT$121
- Confirm Rx$114
- Micra$108
- VRAYLAR$103
- UPTRAVI$102
- OPSUMIT$102
How this compares
$3,625 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,016 physician assistant providers in Kansas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 27 | $28,404 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 12 | $6,876 |
| Gabapentin | 36 | $777 |
| Lisinopril | 80 | $547 |
| Celecoxib | 13 | $428 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 46 | $420 |
| Omeprazole | 33 | $417 |
| Metformin Hcl | 33 | $401 |
| Levetiracetam | 12 | $314 |
| Losartan Potassium | 31 | $294 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 16 | $280 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 28 | $275 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 28 | $272 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 44 | $255 |
| Potassium Chloride | 21 | $251 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $52 | $28,40427 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $485 | $6,87612 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 85th percentile of 1,016 physician assistant providers in Kansas.
Other physician assistant in Hutchinson
- Melanie SennHutchinson$9K
- Matthew OsenbaughHutchinson$9K
- Sierra WallaceHutchinson$7K
- Sierra FergusonWichita$25K
- Dylan TimmermannTopeka$19K
- Heather HowellKansas City$16K
- Amy BrettmanShawnee$14K
- Ashton YoungersWichita$14K
- Anthony GunawanLakin$13K
- Therese SchrandtWichita$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.