Courtney Berger
Physician Assistant · Germantown, TNNPI 1558090977
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 383 payments — averaging $17.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$1K
- Novartis$914
- AstraZeneca$722
- Merck$544
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$433
- Novo Nordisk$402
- plus $3K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,685100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 58 | $1,017 |
| Novartis | 98 | $914 |
| AstraZeneca | 22 | $722 |
| Merck | 30 | $544 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 28 | $433 |
| Novo Nordisk | 14 | $402 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 21 | $340 |
| Bayer | 19 | $328 |
| Philips North America LLC | 19 | $277 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $218 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $216 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $215 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $184 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $162 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $152 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 5 | $109 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $70 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 6 | $58 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 3 | $49 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Vivaquant Inc, Dba Rhythm Express | 2 | $17 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Repatha$267
- OPTIMIZER$145
- Ozempic$119
- WATCHMAN FLX$112
- Attruby$111
How this compares
$6,685 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,404 physician assistant providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 149 | $210,060 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 37 | $55,666 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 41 | $53,570 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 39 | $43,741 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 33 | $42,247 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 26 | $26,977 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 12 | $10,936 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 14 | $10,885 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 384 | $7,085 |
| Ezetimibe | 241 | $6,145 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 68 | $5,981 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 441 | $5,717 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 29 | $3,851 |
| Losartan Potassium | 202 | $3,003 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 347 | $2,668 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $216 | $210,060149 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $914 | $55,66637 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $152 | $53,57041 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $340 | $43,74139 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $722 | $26,97726 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $109 | $10,93612 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 90th percentile of 2,404 physician assistant providers in Tennessee.
Other physician assistant in Germantown
- Amber WadeGermantown$12K
- Lindsey NixKnoxville$576K
- Anna KerseySavannah$399K
- Jason HenryNashville$329K
- Brie ChandlerNashville$317K
- Loree EasleyBartlett$209K
- Katherine RunyanKnoxville$156K
- John KramerNashville$125K
- Robert LaughertyAlcoa$122K
- Elisabeth BennettNashville$109K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.