Walter Patton
Gynecology · Tucson, AZNPI 1568436913
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 4 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.. That places this record below the midpoint for gynecology clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $785.
Across 4 payments — averaging $13.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$54
Across 215 payments — averaging $52,121 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Modernatx, Inc.$10.7M
- Abbott$280K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$115K
- Eli Lilly$90K
- AbbVie$21K
- Organon$8K
- plus $4K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$54100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $54 |
How this compares
$54 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 56 gynecology providers in Arizona.
Other gynecology in Tucson
- Jennifer HutchisonTucson$3K
- Stacey YellTucson$1K
- Linda TurnerTucson$484
- Jamie LedesmaTucson$454
- Robert KahlerTucson$435
- Marilyn MedwiedTucson$274
- Karen AddisTucson$191
- Anthea DixonTucson$125
- Nickola RogersTucson$19
- Katherine SchuppertTucson$14
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.