Anne Merrill, PA
Physician Assistant · Vadnais Heights, MNNPI 1003966706
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (45.5%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gemini Medical LLC at 45.5% of the total. Among physician assistant clinicians in MN 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 26 payments — averaging $101.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gemini Medical LLC$1K
- Arthrex$676
- Foundation Medical, LLC$522
- Smith+Nephew$87
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$57
- Zimmer Biomet$36
- plus $61 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$79330%
- Food & beverage$64725%
- Education$1,20045%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini Medical LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Arthrex | 7 | $676 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 8 | $522 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $87 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $36 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $30 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Stryker | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,640 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,121 physician assistant providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 31 | $415 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 84 | $287 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 22 | $159 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $117 |
| Naproxen | 18 | $106 |
| Cefadroxil | 13 | $67 |
| Amoxicillin | 45 | $44 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 21 | $42 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Vadnais Heights
- Sara RobeckBloomington$274K
- Natalie IkemanEdina$170K
- Adam HetzBlaine$156K
- Sarah SchettleRochester$150K
- John IsenbergMaple Grove$92K
- Kenneth MitchellWoodbury$87K
- Jennifer SutherlandMinneapolis$65K
- George FroehleMinneapolis$61K
- Skye PeltierMinneapolis$33K
- Devanie SutterSt Louis Park$31K
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.