Edgar Peithman
Physician Assistant · la Plata, MDNPI 1396745691
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.1% of the total across 181 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 34.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $896, more than ten times the $60 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in MD 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 181 payments — averaging $17.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$447
- UCB, Inc.$372
- Johnson & Johnson$353
- Amgen$250
- Pfizer$138
- plus $476 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,00796%
- Education$1224%
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 | 72 | $1,093 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 30 | $447 |
| UCB, Inc. | 20 | $372 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $353 |
| Amgen | 12 | $250 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $138 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $116 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $112 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 4 | $81 |
| Novartis | 4 | $79 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
How this compares
$3,129 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,567 physician assistant providers in Maryland.
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 | 78 | $285,865 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 15 | $206,710 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 20 | $168,087 |
| Humira PenAdalimumab | 14 | $93,042 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 116 | $12,014 |
| Cyclosporine | 13 | $6,772 |
| Fluorouracil | 72 | $5,202 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 67 | $3,173 |
| Betamethasone Valerate | 108 | $3,057 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 216 | $2,988 |
| Tretinoin | 39 | $2,690 |
| Hydrocortisone | 104 | $1,512 |
| Fluocinolone AcetonideFluocinolone/Shower Cap | 17 | $1,511 |
| Metronidazole | 20 | $1,368 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 48 | $1,142 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in la Plata
- Margaret JoyceTowson$220K
- Kara CossisBaltimore$177K
- Garland JamesSilver Spring$86K
- Melissa BearekmanBaltimore$81K
- Brittany YerkesSalisbury$81K
- Amy CollierTimonium$29K
- Hannah JohnsonNottingham$27K
- Lisa FoxAnnapolis$26K
- Praveena GadamBaltimore$24K
- Jinhui YuanFrederick$21K
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.