Thomas Straub, PA
Physician Assistant · Fort Wayne, INNPI 1548696206
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 97 payments — averaging $22.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$397
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$314
- Pfizer$218
- Boston Scientific$206
- AbbVie$204
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$193
- plus $620 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,153100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 3 | $397 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 3 | $314 |
| Pfizer | 22 | $218 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $206 |
| AbbVie | 28 | $204 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 15 | $193 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $158 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $147 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $85 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Amgen | 2 | $37 |
| Halozyme Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Bioventus LLC | 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.
How this compares
$2,153 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,955 physician assistant providers in Indiana.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 50 | $41,600 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 22 | $27,174 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 22 | $21,519 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 20 | $21,257 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 17 | $18,787 |
| BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina | 11 | $16,388 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 14 | $12,984 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 281 | $10,173 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 251 | $9,859 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 21 | $8,531 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 160 | $8,503 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 276 | $6,757 |
| BelsomraSuvorexant | 11 | $4,681 |
| Pregabalin | 167 | $4,210 |
| Armodafinil | 11 | $4,199 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerNurtec Odt | $218 | $27,17422 claims |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er | $193 | $18,78717 claims |
| AbbVieBotox | $204 | $16,38811 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $17 | $12,98414 claims |
| MerckBelsomra | $14 | $4,68111 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 85th percentile of 1,955 physician assistant providers in Indiana.
Other physician assistant in Fort Wayne
- A FergusonFort Wayne$22K
- Jacquelyn BeemerFort Wayne$21K
- Dana LingelFort Wayne$14K
- Stephen GroteFort Wayne$12K
- Guinevere NillesFort Wayne$12K
- Kristen GumpfCarmel$142K
- Andrew NordIndianapolis$47K
- Qun Ming ZhangIndianapolis$28K
- Lauren HoweMunster$28K
- Lindsay YoderIndianapolis$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.