Michael Vecera
Physician Assistant · San Antonio, TXNPI 1386707438
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 178 payments — averaging $24.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$1K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$531
- Amgen$498
- Novartis$343
- Genentech USA, Inc.$299
- MDD US Operations, LLC$189
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,393100%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 21 | $1,019 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 17 | $531 |
| Amgen | 17 | $498 |
| Novartis | 28 | $343 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 10 | $299 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 5 | $189 |
| Biogen | 10 | $164 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 8 | $162 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $129 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 7 | $114 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $84 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $80 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| CSL Behring | 5 | $77 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $74 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $55 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $34 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $24 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- NURTEC ODT$752
- AIMOVIG$250
- ONGENTYS$128
- APOKYN$125
How this compares
$4,394 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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.