Chelsey Smail
Physician Assistant · Connellsville, PANPI 1457864720
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 181 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 43.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,507, 4.7 times the $320 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in PA 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 181 payments — averaging $17.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Alkermes, Inc.$369
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$348
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$218
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$142
- Johnson & Johnson$123
- plus $570 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,156100%
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 | 103 | $1,386 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 13 | $369 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 17 | $348 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 8 | $218 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 7 | $142 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $123 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $116 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $101 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $89 |
| Indivior Inc. | 4 | $88 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $56 |
| Braeburn Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
- ABILIFY MAINTENA$104
How this compares
$3,156 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 6,643 physician assistant providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 18 | $235 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 18 | $188 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 14 | $72 |
| Clonazepam | 11 | $72 |
| Fluvoxamine Maleate | 12 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Connellsville
- Erin CrownState College$1.2M
- Tricia BootsCranberry Twp$313K
- Melissa FerrariPhiladelphia$223K
- Jason OberdickWexford$206K
- Justine RobertsMurrysville$173K
- Allison BoydErie$163K
- Joshua TrbovichWashington$144K
- Daniel TelegaErie$124K
- Jeffrey CameronWashington$89K
- Dorissa BrivchikPittsburgh$81K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.