Donna Cassell
Jackson, MSNPI 1760476857
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.0% of the total across 205 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 46.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,107 and has fallen 95.1% since, to $55 in 2024.
Across 205 payments — averaging $16.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$2K
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$461
- AstraZeneca$309
- Boehringer Ingelheim$243
- United Therapeutics Corporation$117
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$80
- plus $580 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,34099%
- Education$321%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 117 | $1,582 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 18 | $461 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $309 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 15 | $243 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $117 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 5 | $80 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $69 |
| Gilead | 4 | $63 |
| Novartis | 4 | $56 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Merck | 2 | $35 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Bayer | 1 | $15 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $13 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $13 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $11 |
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.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.