Dale McGar, PA
Physician Assistant · Meridian, IDNPI 1457328478
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (56.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 39.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,685 and has fallen 62.2% since, to $1,015 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in ID 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 100 payments — averaging $52.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$331
- Bolton Medical Inc$98
- Kls-martin L.p.$87
- plus $276 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,92856%
- Food & beverage$2,19242%
- Education$1002%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 13 | $2,057 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $1,272 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 36 | $1,098 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 25 | $331 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 5 | $98 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 5 | $87 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $77 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $54 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $38 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $34 |
| BD | 1 | $31 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $20 |
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.
- Impella$1,755
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,147
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$234
- DAVINCI XI$100
How this compares
$5,220 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,027 physician assistant providers in Idaho.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 51 | $171 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $88 |
| Spironolactone | 14 | $22 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 12 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Meridian
- Melissa McClenahanMeridian$19K
- Arthur NeaseMeridian$16K
- Alexander ArhetsMeridian$14K
- Jeremy FrixMeridian$12K
- David BarclayMeridian$11K
- Samuel ShinkleMeridian$10K
- Austin LeeMeridian$7K
- Teresa GraklanoffMeridian$7K
- Stephen FrellyMeridian$6K
- Rylan ChanMeridian$6K
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.