Laura Allen
Physician Assistant · El Cajon, CANPI 1699201616
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 166 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,254 and has fallen 95.9% since, to $52 in 2025.
Across 166 payments — averaging $19.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$625
- Novo Nordisk$477
- Boehringer Ingelheim$289
- Lilly USA, LLC$228
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$218
- Amgen$180
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,217100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 32 | $625 |
| Novo Nordisk | 26 | $477 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 16 | $289 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $228 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 18 | $218 |
| Amgen | 4 | $180 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $169 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $134 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $121 |
| Novartis | 5 | $95 |
| GSK | 4 | $89 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $88 |
| Merck | 4 | $66 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $59 |
| Bayer | 3 | $57 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $52 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $51 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $18 |
| Emmaus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Metacel Pharmaceuticals LLC | 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.
How this compares
$3,217 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 11 | $18,096 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 15 | $357 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 31 | $354 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 17 | $305 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 18 | $263 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 16 | $214 |
| Lisinopril | 27 | $172 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 17 | $89 |
| Atenolol | 14 | $24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $477 | $18,09611 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 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Other physician assistant in El Cajon
- 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.