Danielle Shepherd, PA
Physician Assistant · Billings, MTNPI 1063018786
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,581 of the $3,347 with a category attached, or 77.1%. Sioux Surgical Inc accounts for 63.1% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,802, more than ten times the $29 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in MT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 29 payments — averaging $115.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sioux Surgical Inc$2K
- Arthrex$1K
- Vericel Corporation$42
- Boston Scientific$30
- Viiv Healthcare Company$29
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,58177%
- Food & beverage$76623%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 8 | $2,110 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $1,136 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $42 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $30 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $29 |
How this compares
$3,347 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 626 physician assistant providers in Montana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 105 | $649 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $229 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $178 |
| Meloxicam | 65 | $174 |
| Dexamethasone | 17 | $166 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 22 | $117 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 27 | $90 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Billings
- Trenay HartBillings$57K
- Elliy PhillipsBillings$5K
- Kevin DavisBillings$5K
- Holly BrehmBillings$4K
- Michael PerronBillings$3K
- Baylee BaldwinBillings$3K
- Alexander RamseyBillings$3K
- Mary TuckerBillings$3K
- Jeremy LarsonBillings$2K
- Seth EhlangBillings$2K
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.