Michael Valdez
Physician Assistant · San Antonio, TXNPI 1144431636
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 138 payments — averaging $17.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$374
- Boston Scientific$326
- AbbVie$292
- Almatica Pharma LLC$279
- Nevro Corp.$228
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$158
- plus $749 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,39299%
- Education$141%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 31 | $374 |
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $326 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $292 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 15 | $279 |
| Nevro Corp. | 12 | $228 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $158 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $145 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Abbott | 5 | $79 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 5 | $72 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $62 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $40 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$2,406 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Other physician assistant in San Antonio
- Anthony DerenciusSan Antonio$507K
- Andrew PrattSan Antonio$87K
- Sarah MerrittSan Antonio$55K
- Monica ChapmanSan Antonio$38K
- Lisa GarrisonSan Antonio$35K
- Cynthia TrickettDallas$1.3M
- Kristine KuceraMelissa$797K
- Selina SantosAustin$543K
- Matthew BrunoMcKinney$538K
- Brooke HodnickSouthlake$479K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.