Laura Smith
Physician Assistant · College Station, TXNPI 1205200227
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.6% of the total across 410 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 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among physician assistant 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 410 payments — averaging $22.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$2K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- AstraZeneca$754
- Novartis$709
- Johnson & Johnson$604
- AbbVie$547
- plus $3K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,05898%
- Education$2202%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 81 | $1,983 |
| UCB, Inc. | 55 | $1,261 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 27 | $754 |
| Novartis | 46 | $709 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 24 | $604 |
| AbbVie | 26 | $547 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 19 | $494 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 15 | $363 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 5 | $347 |
| Organon | 18 | $277 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 9 | $223 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 11 | $205 |
| GSK | 9 | $202 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $200 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $163 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $142 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 8 | $134 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $83 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 4 | $75 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 3 | $69 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $60 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $40 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $34 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $32 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Mylan Institutional Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $19 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biocon Biologics Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $13 |
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
$9,278 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 25 | $193,887 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 11 | $88,257 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 291 | $9,371 |
| Leflunomide | 94 | $6,506 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 226 | $4,920 |
| Buprenorphine | 17 | $3,660 |
| Sulfasalazine | 147 | $2,505 |
| Cevimeline Hcl | 17 | $1,704 |
| Celecoxib | 32 | $849 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 117 | $731 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 22 | $730 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 52 | $677 |
| Prednisone | 126 | $648 |
| Gabapentin | 38 | $478 |
| Leucovorin Calcium | 24 | $340 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USABuprenorphine | $69 | $3,66017 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 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Other physician assistant in College Station
- 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.