Laura Calais
Adult Health · Austin, TXNPI 1952618704
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Abbott accounts for 74.4% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,382, more than ten times the $543 reported in 2021. Among adult health clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 188 payments — averaging $66.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$9K
- Cvrx, Inc.$810
- Pfizer$482
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$381
- Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.$236
- Novartis$209
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,25358%
- Food & beverage$5,24042%
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 | 72 | $9,297 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 20 | $810 |
| Pfizer | 25 | $482 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 10 | $381 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $236 |
| Novartis | 13 | $209 |
| Merck | 10 | $200 |
| Bayer | 8 | $184 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $177 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $107 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 3 | $81 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $50 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $45 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $30 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $22 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $16 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 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
$12,493 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 933 adult health providers in Texas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| VyndamaxTafamidis | 22 | $490,340 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 192 | $243,941 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 137 | $124,798 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 71 | $63,602 |
| EliquisApixaban | 55 | $60,508 |
| Potassium Chloride | 186 | $8,984 |
| Torsemide | 143 | $5,887 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 170 | $2,519 |
| Bumetanide | 25 | $2,376 |
| Eplerenone | 19 | $2,319 |
| Furosemide | 212 | $1,433 |
| Spironolactone | 184 | $1,382 |
| Carvedilol | 112 | $1,025 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 81 | $924 |
| Losartan Potassium | 96 | $714 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerVyndamax, Eliquis | $482 | $550,84877 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $209 | $243,941192 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $45 | $124,798137 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $50 | $63,60271 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 95th percentile of 933 adult health providers in Texas.
Other adult health in Austin
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- Yulia LyuboslavskyAustin$36K
- Meghan MurphyAustin$29K
- Nicole BuschAustin$28K
- Marni MartinezAustin$14K
- Melani DayalAustin$13K
- Shane ConcepcionAustin$10K
- Dorothy DarbyAustin$9K
- Lauren KissockAustin$9K
- Sarah RayAustin$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.