Matthew Bezzant, PA
Physician Assistant · Las Cruces, NMNPI 1578873774
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,535 of the $2,269 with a category attached, or 67.6%. Aerin Medical Inc. accounts for 68.8% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,485, 2.9 times the $516 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in NM 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 49 payments — averaging $46.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$179
- GSK$122
- Sanofi$113
- Pfizer$77
- AstraZeneca$66
- plus $152 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$66930%
- Food & beverage$1,53568%
- Education$653%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 18 | $1,560 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $179 |
| GSK | 5 | $122 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $113 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $77 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $66 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $44 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $36 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$1,083
- RHINAER STYLUS$143
How this compares
$2,269 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 635 physician assistant providers in New Mexico.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 13 | $47,587 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 261 | $7,992 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 166 | $3,106 |
| Omeprazole | 217 | $2,592 |
| Ofloxacin | 62 | $2,472 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 67 | $2,285 |
| Famotidine | 69 | $885 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 20 | $682 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 25 | $634 |
| Mupirocin | 30 | $351 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 34 | $334 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 28 | $324 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 35 | $168 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 13 | $156 |
| Celecoxib | 18 | $154 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Las Cruces
- Ryan HolcombLas Cruces$5K
- Mahli MichaelLas Cruces$4K
- Jerrica TrujilloLas Cruces$4K
- Benjamin TschudyLas Cruces$3K
- Tyson KayLas Cruces$3K
- Erin RayburnSanta Fe$25K
- Leigh HigginsAlbuquerque$10K
- Maria AbeytaAlbuquerque$8K
- Kari LavigneAlbuquerque$8K
- Elizabeth BelitzAlbuquerque$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.