Caroline Ready
Physician Assistant · Cary, NCNPI 1255076659
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 146 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,299, more than ten times the $23 reported in 2022. Among physician assistant clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 146 payments — averaging $33.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$849
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$618
- Gilead$443
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$433
- Myriad Women's Health, Inc.$431
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$371
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,925100%
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 | 32 | $849 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 21 | $618 |
| Gilead | 6 | $443 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 18 | $433 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 2 | $431 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 8 | $371 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $274 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 6 | $259 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $240 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 3 | $152 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 6 | $142 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 4 | $108 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $83 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $56 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 3 | $56 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $50 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Corium, LLC | 4 | $46 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $44 |
| TMS Neurohealth Centers Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $23 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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
$4,925 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Cary
- Julie RomeisCary$46K
- Jennifer HellingerCary$41K
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Benjamin EpsteinDavidson$447K
- Rebecca KrausDavidson$425K
- Brooke JonesGoldsboro$259K
- Philip ReasbeckWilson$180K
- Katherine SchultzHuntersville$164K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.