Darian Vines
Physician Assistant · Beaver, WVNPI 1447993597
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.1% of the total across 319 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 31.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,017, more than ten times the $201 reported in 2022. Among physician assistant clinicians in WV 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 319 payments — averaging $19.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$586
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$443
- Novartis$265
- Lilly USA, LLC$248
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,65192%
- Education$4878%
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 | 110 | $1,936 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 85 | $1,641 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 32 | $586 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $443 |
| Novartis | 9 | $265 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $248 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 10 | $194 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 10 | $188 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 13 | $165 |
| Amgen | 5 | $109 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $87 |
| Incyte Corporation | 5 | $84 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $52 |
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.
- Sotyktu$100
How this compares
$6,137 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 833 physician assistant providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 30 | $103,397 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 67 | $2,867 |
| Tacrolimus | 15 | $2,158 |
| Ketoconazole | 140 | $2,044 |
| Azelaic Acid | 19 | $1,845 |
| Fluorouracil | 23 | $1,678 |
| Metronidazole | 34 | $1,645 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 70 | $906 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 74 | $844 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 15 | $640 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base In Ethanol | 16 | $471 |
| Mupirocin | 47 | $389 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 16 | $285 |
| NyamycNystatin | 12 | $258 |
| Hydrocortisone | 26 | $135 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Beaver
- James BeaverBeaver$5K
- Amy ButtsWellsburg$258K
- Alexander EpperlySouth Charleston$21K
- Kelley WhoolerySouth Charleston$17K
- Jordan BrewerMorgantown$15K
- Tasha ElswickWinfield$14K
- Frances PauleyCharleston$14K
- Danielle MolinaCharleston$12K
- Erik AndersonSouth Charleston$11K
- Catherine EnsingerParkersburg$11K
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.