Scott Zela
Gerontology · Houston, TXNPI 1326044306
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (48.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Madrigal Pharmaceuticals accounts for 68.3% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $14,500, 5.8 times the $2,520 reported in 2021. Among gerontology 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 404 payments — averaging $68.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$19K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- Gilead$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$496
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,6206%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,52549%
- Travel & lodging$4,47716%
- Food & beverage$8,16529%
- Education$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 52 | $18,981 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 134 | $2,310 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 19 | $1,679 |
| Gilead | 56 | $1,432 |
| AbbVie | 70 | $1,283 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 21 | $496 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 2 | $421 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 12 | $390 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 6 | $156 |
| Sobi, Inc | 5 | $135 |
| Orphalan Inc | 4 | $75 |
| Dova Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $73 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $63 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
- REZDIFFRA$17,602
- OCALIVA$1,375
- Reltone 200 Mg$421
- Reltone 400 Mg$421
- LIVTENCITY$125
- Livdelzi$109
How this compares
$27,794 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 653 gerontology providers in Texas.
Other gerontology in Houston
- Meagan ChavarriaHouston$21K
- Kellie MyersHouston$13K
- Derek SmithHouston$9K
- Krystal ShiloHouston$8K
- Irene KyritsisHouston$8K
- Emily BennettHouston$7K
- Norah OwinoHouston$6K
- Jincy SajanHouston$6K
- Katherine GraapHouston$5K
- Jennifer ReedHouston$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.