Lauren Braun
Physician Assistant · Plano, TXNPI 1467795872
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 56 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 34.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $702 and has fallen 80.1% since, to $140 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $18.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$349
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$111
- Cranial Technologies, Inc$89
- Amgen$70
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$47
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$39
- plus $322 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,026100%
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 | 21 | $349 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 5 | $89 |
| Amgen | 3 | $70 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Merck | 2 | $31 |
| GSK | 1 | $25 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $19 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Gilead | 1 | $16 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,026 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Other physician assistant in Plano
- Jaime RomanPlano$338K
- Sara FreemanPlano$57K
- Cynthia TrickettDallas$1.3M
- Kristine KuceraMelissa$797K
- Selina SantosAustin$543K
- Matthew BrunoMcKinney$538K
- Brooke HodnickSouthlake$479K
- Holly GloverArlington$418K
- Kirk GautierAthens$416K
- Michael WhiteDallas$276K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.