Charla Fontaine, PA
Physician Assistant · Missoula, MTNPI 1376621201
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 340 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 26.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,485, 2.0 times the $726 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in MT 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 340 payments — averaging $16.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$758
- Novartis$474
- UCB, Inc.$470
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$440
- Sanofi$369
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,490100%
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 | 131 | $1,458 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 37 | $758 |
| Novartis | 27 | $474 |
| UCB, Inc. | 22 | $470 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 20 | $440 |
| Sanofi | 17 | $369 |
| Amgen | 21 | $339 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $252 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $197 |
| Incyte Corporation | 7 | $133 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $99 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $89 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 3 | $88 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 3 | $72 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 3 | $45 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Organon | 1 | $7 |
How this compares
$5,490 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 626 physician assistant providers in Montana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 25 | $90,416 |
| Metronidazole | 61 | $2,626 |
| Tacrolimus | 29 | $2,412 |
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 81 | $2,124 |
| Ketoconazole | 72 | $1,175 |
| Fluorouracil | 16 | $1,066 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 59 | $1,061 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 23 | $772 |
| Ciclopirox | 26 | $657 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 77 | $595 |
| Betamethasone Valerate | 17 | $510 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 20 | $434 |
| Mupirocin | 37 | $321 |
| Nystatin | 17 | $310 |
| Hydrocortisone | 62 | $247 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Missoula
- Joan Bond-DeschampsMissoula$9K
- Jennifer DotyMissoula$6K
- Whitney MartinMissoula$3K
- Lance GriffinMissoula$3K
- Lisa HathawayMissoula$3K
- Kelly PolusMissoula$3K
- Eric DeesMissoula$2K
- Lina MontopoliMissoula$2K
- Lisa WeinreichMissoula$2K
- Jenifer CaldwellMissoula$2K
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.