Susan Schneider
Physician Assistant · Bakersfield, CANPI 1346415676
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 269 payments — averaging $16.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$773
- Novo Nordisk$760
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$288
- AbbVie$258
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$231
- Lilly USA, LLC$227
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,30497%
- Education$1253%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 68 | $773 |
| Novo Nordisk | 46 | $760 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 17 | $288 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $258 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 23 | $231 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $227 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $202 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $197 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $166 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $165 |
| GSK | 7 | $144 |
| Bayer | 5 | $117 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $114 |
| Merck | 6 | $114 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $101 |
| Novartis | 4 | $80 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $67 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $63 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Amgen | 2 | $44 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $32 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $26 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $24 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $21 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Sunovion 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.
- ZENPEP$104
How this compares
$4,429 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 89 | $84,864 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 40 | $45,580 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 18 | $26,161 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 23 | $20,911 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 19 | $18,639 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 12 | $9,019 |
| EliquisApixaban | 16 | $8,718 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 19 | $7,360 |
| PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated | 17 | $6,829 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 13 | $6,722 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 12 | $6,117 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 11 | $5,450 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 485 | $4,762 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 78 | $4,304 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 499 | $3,480 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $760 | $84,86489 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $227 | $45,58040 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat | $202 | $32,27830 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $258 | $25,215101 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $166 | $18,63919 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin | $197 | $15,54733 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $165 | $6,72213 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Other physician assistant in Bakersfield
- Anita GarrettBakersfield$41K
- John QuigleyDowney$2.9M
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.