Melanie Kreiss
Physician Assistant · Redding, CANPI 1215573035
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 129 payments — averaging $26.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$736
- Medtronic$223
- Nevro Corp.$208
- AbbVie$193
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$173
- plus $795 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$36711%
- Food & beverage$2,94287%
- Education$562%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 55 | $1,037 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 8 | $736 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $223 |
| Nevro Corp. | 13 | $208 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $193 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 11 | $173 |
| Vertex | 4 | $172 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $81 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $67 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $66 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $66 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Curonix LLC | 3 | $58 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $26 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Intracept$1,021
- Proclaim IPG$144
- PROCLAIM$144
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$104
How this compares
$3,365 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Nucynta ErTapentadol Hcl | 13 | $16,284 |
| Buprenorphine | 31 | $6,099 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 13 | $5,533 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 148 | $3,416 |
| Gabapentin | 74 | $1,919 |
| Celecoxib | 15 | $1,131 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 29 | $747 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 28 | $692 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 15 | $495 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 32 | $269 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 22 | $249 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 13 | $220 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 26 | $204 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 19 | $162 |
| Methadone Hcl | 11 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Nucynta Er, Belbuca | $173 | $21,81726 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Other physician assistant in Redding
- John QuigleyDowney$2.9M
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
- Eric CheungLos Angeles$213K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.