Elizabeth Sippey
Physician Assistant · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1225669286
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.5% of the total across 147 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 AbbVie at 33.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,397, 4.3 times the $325 reported in 2022. Among physician assistant clinicians in PA 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 147 payments — averaging $21.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$625
- Sanofi$209
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$188
- Lilly USA, LLC$178
- Incyte Corporation$130
- plus $753 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$863%
- Food & beverage$2,90594%
- Education$1164%
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(2 entities) | 34 | $1,024 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 51 | $625 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $209 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $188 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $178 |
| Incyte Corporation | 6 | $130 |
| Amgen | 5 | $110 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $68 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $56 |
| Bayer | 3 | $51 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $43 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Novartis | 1 | $29 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $23 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
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.
- BOTOX$113
How this compares
$3,107 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 6,643 physician assistant providers in Pennsylvania.
Other physician assistant in Pittsburgh
- Dorissa BrivchikPittsburgh$81K
- Amanda MacePittsburgh$29K
- Lauren HoffmannPittsburgh$18K
- Margaret BlichaPittsburgh$18K
- Daniel PorterPittsburgh$16K
- Amanda BembicPittsburgh$16K
- Erin CrownState College$1.2M
- Tricia BootsCranberry Twp$313K
- Melissa FerrariPhiladelphia$223K
- Jason OberdickWexford$206K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.