Abigail Stone
Physician Assistant · Richmond, VANPI 1609413640
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,627 of the $6,159 with a category attached, or 75.1%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merz North America, Inc. at 37.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,240 and has fallen 82.2% since, to $575 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in VA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 203 payments — averaging $30.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$2K
- AbbVie$807
- Novo Nordisk$698
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$671
- IBSA Pharma Inc.$492
- Amgen$172
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,50724%
- Food & beverage$4,62775%
- Education$250%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 17 | $2,293 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 38 | $807 |
| Novo Nordisk | 34 | $698 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 20 | $671 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 33 | $492 |
| Amgen | 5 | $172 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $168 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $155 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 7 | $120 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $104 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 5 | $88 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $88 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $54 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $42 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $29 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $25 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $23 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$6,159 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,376 physician assistant providers in Virginia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 23 | $1,146 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $227 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Richmond
- Robert HigginsonRichmond$66K
- Sarah HubbardRichmond$35K
- John DalessandroSalem$160K
- Jalal AlghabraFredericksburg$119K
- Jamie GiovanelliVirginia Beach$118K
- John CarterStaunton$90K
- Melissa AlcoxNorfolk$73K
- Lindsay TomReston$71K
- Jameka McElroy-BrooklynArlington$65K
- Hillary HartungNorfolk$62K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.