Scott Nelson
Physician Assistant · New York, NYNPI 1851848162
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 108 payments — averaging $33.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$2K
- Gilead$703
- Intra-sana Laboratories$192
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$169
- GSK$134
- Lucid Diagnostics Inc.$90
- plus $439 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,584100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 53 | $1,857 |
| Gilead | 22 | $703 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 3 | $192 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $169 |
| GSK | 2 | $134 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 5 | $76 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $74 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $59 |
| Merck | 2 | $52 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $47 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $27 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Napo 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.
- APRETUDE$859
- Reltone 200 Mg$167
- GLYCATE$167
- Reltone 400 Mg$167
- CABENUVA$125
- REXULTI$125
- SHINGRIX$121
- Biktarvy$120
- Descovy$114
How this compares
$3,584 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $6,135 |
| Lisinopril | 15 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in New York
- Kristyl Cuenca-SiskoNew York$478K
- Cameron KiserNew York$225K
- Mervat FalahNew York$143K
- Marlene TaylorNew York$109K
- Natalie TafelNew York$77K
- Edwin CalderonNew York$59K
- Jonathan YehNew York$57K
- Emily ElbogenNew York$49K
- Jaclyn ChurchillNew York$48K
- Russell BrandweinNew York$44K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.