Ayana Gates
Physician Assistant · Detroit, MINPI 1952841207
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $15,511 of the $21,924 with a category attached, or 70.7%. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.9%. Among physician assistant clinicians in MI 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 521 payments — averaging $42.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.$5K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Sanofi$3K
- AbbVie$2K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$1K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$1K
- plus $7K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,20619%
- Travel & lodging$1,4707%
- Food & beverage$15,51171%
- Education$7373%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 17 | $5,248 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 66 | $2,739 |
| Sanofi | 57 | $2,510 |
| AbbVie | 75 | $1,629 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 20 | $1,163 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 46 | $1,150 |
| Amgen | 27 | $868 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 8 | $759 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 22 | $723 |
| Incyte Corporation | 16 | $666 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 30 | $644 |
| Novartis | 28 | $637 |
| Pfizer | 33 | $569 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $512 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 8 | $450 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 14 | $431 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 13 | $410 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $214 |
| Abbott | 3 | $162 |
| Organon | 2 | $150 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Almirall LLC | 2 | $53 |
| Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $43 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 1 | $18 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $6 |
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
$21,924 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,453 physician assistant providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Betamethasone Valerate | 289 | $8,374 |
| Pimecrolimus | 33 | $7,279 |
| Ketoconazole | 216 | $3,041 |
| Hydrocortisone | 130 | $2,997 |
| Tacrolimus | 22 | $2,309 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 39 | $2,153 |
| Sulfacetamide Sodium | 21 | $2,009 |
| Fluocinonide | 60 | $1,781 |
| Ciclopirox | 45 | $1,640 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 70 | $1,396 |
| Fluocinolone AcetonideFluocinolone/Shower Cap | 32 | $1,294 |
| Desonide | 19 | $1,278 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 45 | $1,101 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 35 | $808 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 26 | $647 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Ashley AldridgeAnn Arbor$298K
- Derek SusallaRochester Hills$242K
- Gabrielle DamoreRoyal Oak$200K
- Melissa MickelsonKalamazoo$168K
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.