Lynda Francis
Physician Assistant · Buffalo, NYNPI 1225088180
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 75 payments — averaging $19.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$236
- Novo Nordisk$188
- AstraZeneca$164
- Amgen$151
- GSK$128
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$112
- plus $467 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,447100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $236 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $188 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $164 |
| Amgen | 3 | $151 |
| GSK | 13 | $128 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $112 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $64 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $48 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Dexcom, 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.
- FARXIGA$125
How this compares
$1,447 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 22 | $461 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 17 | $359 |
| Metformin Hcl | 24 | $270 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 12 | $198 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 15 | $166 |
| Lisinopril | 12 | $125 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 13 | $118 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Buffalo
- Scott SpringerBuffalo$95K
- Henry YuBronx$1M
- Michael AsbachAmherst$962K
- Janelle BunceJamestown$565K
- Kristyl Cuenca-SiskoNew York$478K
- Melissa WhiteGarden City$320K
- Lawrence HermanHolbrook$315K
- Kaitlyn NelsonBrooklyn$289K
- Sari KatzGarden City$271K
- Julius NwosuBronx$256K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.