Selena Vela
Physician Assistant · Fort Sam Houston, TXNPI 1568645281
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 67 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 39 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 6.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,482, 3.9 times the $635 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in TX 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 67 payments — averaging $113.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$511
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$499
- Abbott$430
- Amgen$355
- AstraZeneca$351
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$300
- plus $5K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,597100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $511 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $499 |
| Abbott | 3 | $430 |
| Amgen | 3 | $355 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $351 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $300 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $287 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $275 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $271 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $267 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $246 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $242 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $226 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $219 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $218 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $217 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $199 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $174 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $158 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $146 |
| Insightec,inc | 2 | $133 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Gilead | 1 | $118 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $68 |
| Medicem Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $34 |
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.
- Kerecis SurgiClose$583
- LYBALVI$520
- Auvelity$499
- Inspire$300
- INTERSTIM$287
- VOQUEZNA$242
- VRAYLAR$226
- Senza$174
- INFINITY$172
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$163
- HyperRAB$158
- HyperTET$158
- Kerecis GraftGuide$146
- Otezla$145
- SPRAVATO$140
- Austedo XR$140
- Prospera$133
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$132
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$132
- DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER$125
How this compares
$7,597 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Other physician assistant in Fort Sam Houston
- Cynthia TrickettDallas$1.3M
- Kristine KuceraMelissa$797K
- Selina SantosAustin$543K
- Matthew BrunoMcKinney$538K
- Brooke HodnickSouthlake$479K
- Holly GloverArlington$418K
- Kirk GautierAthens$416K
- Jaime RomanPlano$338K
- Michael WhiteDallas$276K
- Heidi JeffreysLubbock$259K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.