Erik Anderson, PA
Physician Assistant · South Charleston, WVNPI 1164801676
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (57.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Si-bone, Inc. accounts for 76.7% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,408, more than ten times the $151 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in WV with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 114 payments — averaging $98.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$9K
- Abbott$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$440
- Medtronic$259
- Globus Medical$164
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$75
- plus $149 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,24029%
- Travel & lodging$1,51513%
- Food & beverage$6,49458%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 64 | $8,627 |
| Abbott | 32 | $1,535 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $440 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $259 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $164 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $44 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Stryker | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$4,736
- ETERNA$879
- FLOSEAL$231
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$226
- Excelsius Deformity$164
- iFuse Implant$128
How this compares
$11,249 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 833 physician assistant providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $110 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 15 | $109 |
| Ibuprofen | 12 | $89 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in South Charleston
- Alexander EpperlySouth Charleston$21K
- Kelley WhoolerySouth Charleston$17K
- Gregory PorterSouth Charleston$11K
- Alexa FruthSouth Charleston$7K
- Ricky McDanielsSouth Charleston$5K
- Keaton MooreSouth Charleston$5K
- Natalie BeesonSouth Charleston$4K
- Amy ButtsWellsburg$258K
- Jordan BrewerMorgantown$15K
- Tasha ElswickWinfield$14K
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.