Paul Hoffman
Physician Assistant · Houston, TXNPI 1144249509
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 60 payments — averaging $22.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$462
- Abbott$115
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$99
- Novo Nordisk$93
- Boehringer Ingelheim$57
- Lilly USA, LLC$56
- plus $459 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,341100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 19 | $462 |
| Abbott | 5 | $115 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $99 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $93 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $57 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $56 |
| Bayer | 2 | $55 |
| GSK | 2 | $44 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $39 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Amgen | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Eisai Inc. | 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.
- AIRSUPRA$122
How this compares
$1,341 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 19 | $47,242 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 19 | $34,278 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 17 | $31,622 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 23 | $29,362 |
| Celecoxib | 47 | $2,139 |
| Gabapentin | 68 | $1,412 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 13 | $1,171 |
| Mirtazapine | 21 | $1,155 |
| Vitamin D2Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) | 77 | $1,143 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 42 | $1,121 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 27 | $1,077 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 175 | $1,048 |
| Metformin Hcl | 168 | $742 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 38 | $640 |
| Omeprazole | 32 | $590 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $56 | $47,24219 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $57 | $34,27819 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $93 | $31,62217 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $462 | $29,36223 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 70th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Other physician assistant in Houston
- Simone SteeleHouston$237K
- Amanda WilhiteHouston$207K
- Christina YazdaniHouston$72K
- Julie Huynh-LuHouston$64K
- Jennifer FalconeHouston$48K
- Jacqueline WeatherlyHouston$47K
- Samantha SalvatoraHouston$45K
- Virginia SchneiderHouston$43K
- Cynthia TrickettDallas$1.3M
- Kristine KuceraMelissa$797K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.