Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

LAURA JAN SMUTZ

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant

NPI
1558875013
CMS profile
10459964
Location
CHULA VISTA, CA

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$4,348.51

  • Reported across 86 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,714.46

30 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,375.57 28
Travel and Lodging $1,338.89 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $2,522.90 17
ABBVIE INC. $159.70 11
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $31.86 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $92.08 3
PY2022 $537.45 23
PY2023 $1,004.52 30
PY2024 $2,714.46 30

Payment records · PY2024 (30)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $21.93 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108225825 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $9.40 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108225827 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $32.40 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108225829 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $14.23 03/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108225831 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $24.39 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108225833 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $7.71 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108225835 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $1.94 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108225837 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.88 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108225839 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $14.28 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108225841 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $7.65 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108225843 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $8.89 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108225845 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $17.15 01/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145393364 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $14.71 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145393366 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $14.24 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388037 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $2.60 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388043 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $21.07 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388039 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $16.11 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388041 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $465.20 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388047 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $158.19 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388053 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $873.69 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388063 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $139.91 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388049 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $72.21 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388055 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $65.42 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388057 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $208.44 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388065 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $43.59 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388067 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $71.03 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388045 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $145.21 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388051 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $121.11 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388059 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $53.50 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388061 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $51.38 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146388069 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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