Luis Tellez
Physician Assistant · Pearsall, TXNPI 1881273894
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 112 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Viiv Healthcare Company at 44.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,031, more than ten times the $200 reported in 2022.
Across 112 payments — averaging $30.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$1K
- Gilead$779
- Si-bone, Inc.$270
- EMD Serono, Inc.$249
- Merck$176
- Pfizer$116
- plus $306 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,397100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 53 | $1,500 |
| Gilead | 21 | $779 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $270 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 6 | $249 |
| Merck | 10 | $176 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $116 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $76 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $28 |
| Cormedix Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$3,397 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Azithromycin | 11 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Pearsall
- 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.