Lindsay Saulsgiver
Adult Health · Austin, TXNPI 1184055410
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 81.2% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,605 and has fallen 89.0% since, to $507 in 2025. Among adult health clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 133 payments — averaging $65.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$7K
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$440
- AbbVie$383
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$297
- Microtransponder, Inc.$70
- Lundbeck LLC$68
- plus $384 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,10047%
- Travel & lodging$1,45017%
- Food & beverage$3,17536%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 48 | $7,083 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 20 | $440 |
| AbbVie | 28 | $383 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 12 | $297 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $68 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Piramal Critical Care | 2 | $42 |
| Saol Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 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.
- SYNCHROMEDII$5,793
- DYSPORT$125
How this compares
$8,725 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 933 adult health providers in Texas.
Other adult health in Austin
- Elizabeth Wedberg SivamAustin$71K
- Yulia LyuboslavskyAustin$36K
- Meghan MurphyAustin$29K
- Nicole BuschAustin$28K
- Marni MartinezAustin$14K
- Melani DayalAustin$13K
- Laura CalaisAustin$12K
- Shane ConcepcionAustin$10K
- Dorothy DarbyAustin$9K
- Lauren KissockAustin$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.