Christopher Laninga
Physician Assistant · Traverse City, MINPI 1508481235
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 137 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 24.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,191 and has fallen 69.2% since, to $366 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in MI 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 137 payments — averaging $31.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- GSK$761
- Novo Nordisk$687
- AstraZeneca$473
- Lilly USA, LLC$164
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$141
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,360100%
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 | 44 | $1,066 |
| GSK | 26 | $761 |
| Novo Nordisk | 18 | $687 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $473 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $164 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $134 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $131 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $98 |
| Amgen | 4 | $84 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $79 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Bayer | 3 | $47 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $41 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| Merck | 1 | $33 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
How this compares
$4,360 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 5,453 physician assistant providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 28 | $325 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 32 | $294 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 26 | $282 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 23 | $261 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 32 | $238 |
| Irbesartan | 11 | $232 |
| Losartan Potassium | 12 | $229 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $229 |
| Lisinopril | 22 | $183 |
| Omeprazole | 26 | $163 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 13 | $160 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 11 | $158 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 17 | $132 |
| Azithromycin | 25 | $112 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $102 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Traverse City
- Debra SwoverlandTraverse City$14K
- Sarang PatelRoyal Oak$660K
- Beth SweneyAda$617K
- Zainab JishiCanton$596K
- Taylor HennrickAdrian$430K
- Erin van DykeGrand Rapids$346K
- Ashley AldridgeAnn Arbor$298K
- Derek SusallaRochester Hills$242K
- Gabrielle DamoreRoyal Oak$200K
- Melissa MickelsonKalamazoo$168K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.