Vanessa Parvez
Physician Assistant · Walnut Creek, CANPI 1902328412
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,709 of the $3,112 with a category attached, or 87.0%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 44.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,223 and has fallen 80.2% since, to $242 in 2025.
Across 136 payments — averaging $22.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$307
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$196
- Novartis$192
- Incyte Corporation$159
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$133
- plus $740 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,70987%
- Education$40313%
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 | 73 | $1,384 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $307 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $196 |
| Novartis | 8 | $192 |
| Incyte Corporation | 5 | $159 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $133 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $133 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $109 |
| Amgen | 3 | $66 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $65 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $54 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $36 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $29 |
How this compares
$3,112 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 29 | $105,641 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 13 | $2,120 |
| Ketoconazole | 46 | $810 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 20 | $201 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Walnut Creek
- 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
- Andrea FoxStanford$172K
- Asma HussainiThousand Oaks$102K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.