Graig Sanders, PA
Physician Assistant · Branford, CTNPI 1932177912
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 354 payments — averaging $17.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1K
- Merck$683
- Novartis$674
- AstraZeneca$652
- Amgen$506
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$340
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,31899%
- Education$361%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 110 | $1,263 |
| Merck | 28 | $683 |
| Novartis | 39 | $674 |
| AstraZeneca | 36 | $652 |
| Amgen | 22 | $506 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 14 | $340 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $280 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 8 | $274 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $269 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $191 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $147 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 5 | $138 |
| Bayer | 6 | $130 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $125 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 5 | $113 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $83 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $78 |
| Abbott | 3 | $57 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 5 | $29 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $26 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $22 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
How this compares
$6,353 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,795 physician assistant providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 1,164 | $1,572,900 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 222 | $356,148 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 215 | $282,543 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 168 | $213,822 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 95 | $123,231 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 70 | $99,906 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 67 | $44,867 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 27 | $43,747 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 38 | $43,606 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 1,712 | $21,807 |
| NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe | 18 | $20,825 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 19 | $20,476 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 1,628 | $16,314 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 1,057 | $15,317 |
| LivaloPitavastatin Calcium | 17 | $14,797 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $280 | $1,572,9001,164 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $674 | $356,148222 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $191 | $282,543215 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $652 | $257,429206 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $147 | $99,90670 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $78 | $43,74727 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet, Nexletol | $340 | $34,69630 claims |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Livalo | $16 | $14,79717 claims |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Edarbi | $16 | $9,42622 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,795 physician assistant providers in Connecticut.
Other physician assistant in Branford
- Megan RobertsBranford$10K
- Jenna LangelloWaterbury$345K
- Gary SpinnerBridgeport$123K
- Jordan MarcouTrumbull$44K
- Mary ElliottGuilford$43K
- Christopher ThompsonGroton$42K
- Michael LalondeNew Haven$35K
- Kristine LaneMiddletown$30K
- Kathryn MidgleyNew Haven$28K
- Richard MoroPlainfield$25K
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.