James Connolly, PA
Physician Assistant · Danville, PANPI 1235649146
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (44.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 67.8% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,327 and has fallen 74.4% since, to $1,107 in 2024. 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 40 payments — averaging $136.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$4K
- Novus Surgical Solutions LLC$1K
- Novus Surgical Consultants$647
- DJO, LLC$22
- Stryker$12
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$7
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,05738%
- Food & beverage$99618%
- Education$2,40044%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 26 | $3,695 |
| Novus Surgical Solutions LLC | 6 | $1,070 |
| Novus Surgical Consultants | 5 | $647 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Stryker | 1 | $12 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
How this compares
$5,453 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 6,643 physician assistant providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nitroglycerin PatchNitroglycerin | 11 | $357 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 57 | $215 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 11 | $117 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $96 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $87 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $72 |
| Naproxen | 18 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Danville
- Erin CrownState College$1.2M
- Tricia BootsCranberry Twp$313K
- Melissa FerrariPhiladelphia$223K
- Jason OberdickWexford$206K
- Justine RobertsMurrysville$173K
- Allison BoydErie$163K
- Joshua TrbovichWashington$144K
- Daniel TelegaErie$124K
- Jeffrey CameronWashington$89K
- Dorissa BrivchikPittsburgh$81K
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.