Christopher Cole
Physician Assistant · Melbourne, FLNPI 1841234721
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 119 payments — averaging $17.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$452
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$376
- AbbVie$353
- Biocomposites Inc$144
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$91
- Redhill Biopharma Inc.$85
- plus $634 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,136100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 26 | $452 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 23 | $376 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 24 | $353 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $144 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $91 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 4 | $85 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $61 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $49 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $36 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Stimulan$144
How this compares
$2,136 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 8,062 physician assistant providers in Florida.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 30 | $16,283 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 11 | $11,846 |
| Gabapentin | 173 | $3,862 |
| Lidocaine | 16 | $2,604 |
| Celecoxib | 22 | $2,439 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 106 | $2,374 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 79 | $1,690 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 62 | $1,664 |
| Baclofen | 41 | $1,017 |
| Methocarbamol | 29 | $616 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 23 | $476 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $286 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 14 | $75 |
| Meloxicam | 15 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Redhill Biopharma Inc.Movantik | $85 | $16,28330 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $376 | $11,84611 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 75th percentile of 8,062 physician assistant providers in Florida.
Other physician assistant in Melbourne
- Richard MarshallPort Orange$988K
- Audrey BeckerSt Augustine$689K
- Kevin WilliamsTampa$647K
- Brian BonomoLecanto$559K
- Melissa SingletonOcala$482K
- Reeli ReinuMaitland$427K
- Jeanelle KingMiami$424K
- Risha BellomoOrlando$397K
- Jason BergerClearwater$344K
- Ashley MillerGainesville$328K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.