Anna Strackbein
Physician Assistant · Gastonia, NCNPI 1457949828
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 447 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 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,465 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $44 in 2024. Among physician assistant clinicians in NC 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 447 payments — averaging $18.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$930
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$817
- Alkermes, Inc.$720
- Johnson & Johnson$581
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$494
- Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC$477
- plus $4K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,19899%
- Education$501%
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 | 59 | $930 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 53 | $817 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 29 | $720 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 28 | $581 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 35 | $494 |
| Validus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $477 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 27 | $466 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 28 | $427 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 24 | $406 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 21 | $402 |
| Indivior Inc. | 13 | $285 |
| Eisai Inc. | 11 | $258 |
| USWM, LLC | 12 | $221 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 15 | $219 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 14 | $212 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $208 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $206 |
| Merck | 11 | $168 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $150 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $119 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 6 | $116 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 8 | $111 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $89 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $62 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $32 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $32 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| OWP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$8,248 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Gastonia
- 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.