Alyssa Houck
Physician Assistant · Morrisville, NCNPI 1922575034
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 139 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,092 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $33 in 2024.
Across 139 payments — averaging $16.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$403
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$211
- Boehringer Ingelheim$202
- Lilly USA, LLC$179
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$173
- Novo Nordisk$123
- plus $947 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,238100%
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 | 27 | $403 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 15 | $211 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $202 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $179 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $173 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $123 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $112 |
| Merck | 6 | $91 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $91 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $89 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $57 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $56 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 3 | $56 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| GSK | 3 | $41 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $41 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $26 |
| PBG Puerto Rico LLC | 1 | $20 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,238 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Morrisville
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Benjamin EpsteinDavidson$447K
- Rebecca KrausDavidson$425K
- Brooke JonesGoldsboro$259K
- Philip ReasbeckWilson$180K
- Katherine SchultzHuntersville$164K
- Kristin CabedaCharlotte$135K
- Jay ClarkeArden$133K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.