Samantha Gomes
Physician Assistant · Houston, TXNPI 1497419238
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.4% of the total across 370 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 33.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,811, 4.4 times the $875 reported in 2022. Among physician assistant clinicians in TX 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 370 payments — averaging $28.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$4K
- Amgen$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$929
- AstraZeneca$773
- UCB, Inc.$570
- GSK$401
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,36998%
- Education$1682%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 124 | $3,502 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 75 | $2,094 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 23 | $929 |
| AstraZeneca | 25 | $773 |
| UCB, Inc. | 20 | $570 |
| GSK | 20 | $401 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 9 | $401 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 13 | $332 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $288 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $174 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 8 | $174 |
| Organon | 10 | $131 |
| Novartis | 6 | $130 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $111 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $95 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $87 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $85 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $63 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $49 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $21 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 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.
How this compares
$10,537 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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
- Jill MillerHouston$32K
- Mercedes SerranoHouston$28K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.