Matthew Gabler
Physician Assistant · Covington, LANPI 1700075389
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.8% of the total across 548 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 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,967 and has fallen 52.6% since, to $1,405 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 548 payments — averaging $17.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$2K
- Amgen$1K
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$666
- Merck$656
- Johnson & Johnson$565
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$520
- plus $4K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3003%
- Food & beverage$8,87393%
- Education$3894%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 110 | $1,914 |
| Amgen | 94 | $1,026 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 44 | $666 |
| Merck | 46 | $656 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 33 | $565 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 5 | $520 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 30 | $505 |
| Pfizer | 28 | $453 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 16 | $413 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 19 | $338 |
| AstraZeneca | 20 | $320 |
| Bayer | 19 | $314 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $224 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 11 | $200 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $197 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $188 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $160 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $137 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $121 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $45 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $39 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Abbott | 2 | $39 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $31 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $29 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Medicomp Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 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.
- OPTIMIZER SMART SYSTEM$462
- LEQVIO$219
How this compares
$9,563 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,246 physician assistant providers in Louisiana.
Other physician assistant in Covington
- Shelly EsnardBaton Rouge$141K
- Jefferson OberleNew Orleans$66K
- Jennifer ScheuermannNew Orleans$56K
- Claire DarreJefferson$50K
- Elizabeth ClementNew Orleans$35K
- Mary Negrotto GuntherSlidell$29K
- Kristen HebertZachary$27K
- David GsellNew Orleans$26K
- Nakia BrooksNew Orleans$25K
- Savannah SanchezBaton Rouge$19K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.