Richa Sabu
Physician Assistant · Westminster, MDNPI 1932859907
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.2% of the total across 250 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,745, 7.3 times the $239 reported in 2022. Among physician assistant clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 250 payments — averaging $20.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$727
- AbbVie$508
- AstraZeneca$484
- Novo Nordisk$463
- GSK$377
- Lilly USA, LLC$355
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,92197%
- Education$1433%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 43 | $727 |
| AbbVie | 26 | $508 |
| AstraZeneca | 24 | $484 |
| Novo Nordisk | 23 | $463 |
| GSK | 13 | $377 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 19 | $355 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 10 | $291 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 14 | $273 |
| Amgen | 15 | $239 |
| Exact Sciences | 8 | $185 |
| Merck | 7 | $153 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $130 |
| Bayer | 6 | $129 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $117 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 5 | $106 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $79 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $71 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $33 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $21 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Watermark Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals 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.
- SHINGRIX$161
How this compares
$5,064 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,567 physician assistant providers in Maryland.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 38 | $1,039 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 35 | $1,025 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 24 | $810 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 33 | $767 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 81 | $691 |
| Cephalexin | 20 | $612 |
| Bisoprolol-HydrochlorothiazideBisoprolol/Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | $579 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 40 | $515 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 19 | $497 |
| Ofloxacin | 18 | $445 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 51 | $434 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 27 | $397 |
| Simvastatin | 20 | $395 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $382 |
| Losartan Potassium | 30 | $366 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Westminster
- Caitlin LutzWestminster$10K
- Margaret JoyceTowson$220K
- Kara CossisBaltimore$177K
- Garland JamesSilver Spring$86K
- Melissa BearekmanBaltimore$81K
- Brittany YerkesSalisbury$81K
- Amy CollierTimonium$29K
- Hannah JohnsonNottingham$27K
- Lisa FoxAnnapolis$26K
- Praveena GadamBaltimore$24K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.