Dennis Prok
Physician Assistant · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1255846382
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 178 payments — averaging $20.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$1K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$687
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$678
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$458
- Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC$160
- Merck$142
- plus $350 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,42695%
- Education$1805%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 88 | $1,132 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 21 | $687 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 31 | $678 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 10 | $458 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 6 | $160 |
| Merck | 7 | $142 |
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 3 | $106 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 4 | $67 |
| 3b Medical, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $22 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $16 |
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
$3,606 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,404 physician assistant providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| WakixPitolisant Hcl | 44 | $420,034 |
| XywavSodium,calcium,mag,pot Oxybate | 21 | $324,460 |
| SunosiSolriamfetol Hcl | 21 | $23,079 |
| Modafinil | 27 | $1,782 |
| Armodafinil | 36 | $1,324 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 35 | $1,033 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 19 | $853 |
| Eszopiclone | 30 | $505 |
| Methylphenidate Hcl | 11 | $275 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 33 | $254 |
| Clonazepam | 12 | $127 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 15 | $74 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harmony Biosciences LLCWakix | $1,132 | $420,03444 claims |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.Sunosi | $678 | $23,07921 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 85th percentile of 2,404 physician assistant providers in Tennessee.
Other physician assistant in Chattanooga
- Gena ThompsonChattanooga$13K
- Danielle CiabattoneChattanooga$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
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.