Leighton Mendez
Physician Assistant · Tucson, AZNPI 1932862950
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 73 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 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 73 payments — averaging $19.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$298
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$276
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$212
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$107
- Organon$74
- Gynesonics, Inc.$65
- plus $417 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,449100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 23 | $298 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 6 | $276 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 12 | $212 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $107 |
| Organon | 4 | $74 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $65 |
| Channel Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $44 |
| Millicent US Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $28 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $18 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 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
$1,449 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 2,888 physician assistant providers in Arizona.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 65 | $3,667 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 19 | $2,529 |
| DottiEstradiol | 17 | $2,325 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 17 | $929 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 15 | $181 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $82 |
| Fluconazole | 14 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.