Andrea Keever, PA
Physician Assistant · Hickory, NCNPI 1841897154
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 8 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 8 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $126 and has fallen 73.9% since, to $33 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for physician assistant clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $279.
Across 8 payments — averaging $22.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medacta USA, Inc.$37
- Globus Medical$30
- Smith+Nephew$21
- Si-bone, Inc.$21
- Johnson & Johnson$19
- Advanced Sterilization Products Services Inc.$18
- plus $30 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$177100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $30 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Advanced Sterilization Products Services Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$177 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 114 | $1,165 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 39 | $281 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 55 | $271 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 24 | $232 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 34 | $170 |
| Ibuprofen | 37 | $154 |
| Celecoxib | 23 | $116 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $97 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $56 |
| Meloxicam | 26 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Hickory
- Sarah PadgettHickory$29K
- 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
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.