Bess Whitmore
Physician Assistant · Matthews, NCNPI 1215569314
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 189 payments — averaging $19.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$742
- Novartis$538
- Johnson & Johnson$469
- Pfizer$432
- AstraZeneca$350
- AbbVie$290
- plus $919 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,740100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 33 | $742 |
| Novartis | 22 | $538 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $469 |
| Pfizer | 28 | $432 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 20 | $350 |
| AbbVie | 15 | $290 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 11 | $209 |
| Merck | 6 | $126 |
| Gilead | 5 | $116 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $107 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $95 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $69 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $54 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $44 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $23 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $19 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$3,740 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 12 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Matthews
- 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.