Steven Hicks
Physician Assistant · Halfmoon, NYNPI 1750477725
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 514 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 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among physician assistant clinicians in NY 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 514 payments — averaging $15.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Pfizer$1K
- UCB, Inc.$756
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$742
- Neurelis, Inc.$731
- Corium, LLC$515
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,019100%
- Education$190%
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(2 entities) | 100 | $1,435 |
| Pfizer | 92 | $1,002 |
| UCB, Inc. | 57 | $756 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 30 | $742 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 31 | $731 |
| Corium, LLC | 38 | $515 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 24 | $502 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 33 | $457 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 23 | $332 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 16 | $322 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 21 | $195 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 9 | $190 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 16 | $157 |
| Abbott | 1 | $156 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $120 |
| Biocodex, Inc. | 3 | $112 |
| Eisai Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $25 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 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.
- CARDIOMEMS$156
How this compares
$8,038 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 11,358 physician assistant providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| TrileptalOxcarbazepine | 14 | $24,243 |
| Lamotrigine ErLamotrigine | 18 | $4,065 |
| Zonisamide | 47 | $1,565 |
| Lacosamide | 12 | $1,118 |
| Clobazam | 15 | $603 |
| Levetiracetam | 12 | $498 |
| Clonazepam | 11 | $311 |
| Lamotrigine | 16 | $182 |
| Guanfacine Hcl ErGuanfacine Hcl | 14 | $138 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 13 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Halfmoon
- Henry YuBronx$1M
- Michael AsbachAmherst$962K
- Janelle BunceJamestown$565K
- Kristyl Cuenca-SiskoNew York$478K
- Melissa WhiteGarden City$320K
- Lawrence HermanHolbrook$315K
- Kaitlyn NelsonBrooklyn$289K
- Sari KatzGarden City$271K
- Julius NwosuBronx$256K
- Cameron KiserNew York$225K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.