Rory Nichols
Physician Assistant · San Jose, CANPI 1760981047
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,226 of the $2,510 with a category attached, or 88.7%. It is spread thinly across 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,966 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $25 in 2023.
Across 118 payments — averaging $21.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$395
- Johnson & Johnson$244
- AbbVie$239
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$172
- Urovant Sciences Inc$158
- AstraZeneca$152
- plus $1K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,22689%
- Education$28411%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 12 | $395 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 10 | $244 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 15 | $239 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $172 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 6 | $158 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $152 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $118 |
| Amgen | 4 | $113 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $88 |
| Eisai Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $68 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $48 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Bayer | 2 | $35 |
| Merck | 2 | $35 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $34 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 2 | $28 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $27 |
| CMP Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $18 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| GSK | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,510 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Other physician assistant in San Jose
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
- Andrea FoxStanford$172K
- Asma HussainiThousand Oaks$102K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.