Eric Shelton, PA
Physician Assistant · Tampa, FLNPI 1942671680
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 127 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,239 and has fallen 75.1% since, to $309 in 2023.
Across 127 payments — averaging $19.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$463
- Abiomed$309
- Amgen$272
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$199
- AbbVie$189
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$168
- plus $815 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$100%
- Food & beverage$2,403100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 32 | $463 |
| Abiomed | 10 | $309 |
| Amgen | 11 | $272 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 9 | $199 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $189 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $168 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $157 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 9 | $137 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| Novartis | 4 | $76 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $37 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $33 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $17 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,413 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 8,062 physician assistant providers in Florida.
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.
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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.