Miquela Wiegel, PA
Physician Assistant · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1851907646
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,012 of the $4,935 with a category attached, or 61.0%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 46.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,931, more than ten times the $81 reported in 2022. Among physician assistant clinicians in NM 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 48 payments — averaging $102.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$2K
- AstraZeneca$323
- Novartis$186
- Atricure, Inc.$140
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$126
- plus $274 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,01261%
- Food & beverage$1,88738%
- Education$361%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 18 | $2,307 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 10 | $1,579 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $323 |
| Novartis | 5 | $186 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $140 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $59 |
| Amgen | 3 | $53 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
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.
- LINQ II$1,730
- Carto 3$1,291
- WAINUA$199
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$140
- OPSUMIT$126
- UPTRAVI$126
- KENGREAL$124
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$123
- LEQVIO$101
How this compares
$4,935 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 54 | $48,818 |
| EliquisApixaban | 22 | $20,484 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 69 | $1,340 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 32 | $1,192 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 62 | $773 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 19 | $444 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 31 | $404 |
| Spironolactone | 17 | $207 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 22 | $200 |
| Carvedilol | 15 | $189 |
| Furosemide | 18 | $154 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 12 | $142 |
| Lisinopril | 20 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Albuquerque
- Leigh HigginsAlbuquerque$10K
- Maria AbeytaAlbuquerque$8K
- Kari LavigneAlbuquerque$8K
- Elizabeth BelitzAlbuquerque$8K
- Desiree BarelaAlbuquerque$6K
- Stephanie BeyesAlbuquerque$5K
- Stephanie GonzalesAlbuquerque$5K
- Gabriela PobarAlbuquerque$5K
- Jacklyn ChavezAlbuquerque$5K
- Michael CalvinAlbuquerque$5K
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.