Jessica Griffiths
Physician Assistant · Greenville, SCNPI 1073137865
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.6%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cvrx, Inc. at 48.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $23,610, more than ten times the $1,134 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in SC 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 436 payments — averaging $102.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cvrx, Inc.$21K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$15K
- United Therapeutics Corporation$1K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$1K
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$994
- Novartis$706
- plus $4K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,10041%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,00022%
- Travel & lodging$3,2617%
- Food & beverage$13,07629%
- Education$1590%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cvrx, Inc. | 81 | $21,478 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 57 | $14,961 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 17 | $1,142 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 65 | $1,132 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 15 | $994 |
| Novartis | 45 | $706 |
| AstraZeneca | 17 | $547 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 29 | $454 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $409 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 2 | $370 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 20 | $359 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $316 |
| Merck | 9 | $285 |
| Abiomed | 9 | $276 |
| Bayer | 10 | $270 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $184 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 4 | $70 |
| Abbott | 3 | $58 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $51 |
| Amgen | 3 | $49 |
| BD | 1 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $31 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Daxor Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $21 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $20 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- OPTIMIZER$28,059
- Barostim Neo System$20,364
- AQUADEX SMARTFLOW CONSOLE$370
- REMODULIN$322
- TYVASO$227
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$168
- CAMZYOS$122
- AMVUTTRA$119
- Kerendia$115
- LifeVest$112
- UPTRAVI$106
- OPSUMIT$106
How this compares
$44,595 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,852 physician assistant providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VyndamaxTafamidis | 107 | $2,576,073 |
| Orenitram ErTreprostinil Diolamine | 33 | $461,393 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 465 | $451,611 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 373 | $373,990 |
| VyndaqelTafamidis Meglumine | 11 | $230,916 |
| OpsumitMacitentan | 14 | $180,428 |
| EliquisApixaban | 217 | $180,040 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 174 | $161,315 |
| AdempasRiociguat | 11 | $138,638 |
| Tadalafil | 23 | $50,056 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $17,236 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 17 | $10,196 |
| VerquvoVericiguat | 15 | $9,650 |
| Torsemide | 337 | $7,796 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $6,162 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerVyndamax, Vyndaqel, Eliquis | $51 | $2,987,030335 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $706 | $451,611465 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $454 | $373,990373 claims |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Opsumit | $994 | $180,42814 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $547 | $171,511191 claims |
| BayerAdempas | $270 | $138,63811 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $31 | $17,23612 claims |
| MerckVerquvo | $285 | $9,65015 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 1,852 physician assistant providers in South Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Greenville
- William YoungGreenville$117K
- Jack SizemoreGreenville$17K
- Jordan GaucherGreenville$10K
- Joshua TuckerGreenville$10K
- Jenifer PetersGreenville$10K
- Christine KoopGreenville$9K
- Hannah HeusingGreenville$9K
- Benjamin AddyWest Columbia$377K
- Michael OvercashCharleston$210K
- Allison LesterMt Pleasant$163K
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.