Jessica Zehna
Physician Assistant · Athens, GANPI 1104436872
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 42 payments — averaging $21.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novocure Inc.$129
- Gilead$72
- Novartis$65
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$55
- Johnson & Johnson$53
- Merck$50
- plus $470 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$894100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novocure Inc. | 4 | $129 |
| Gilead | 3 | $72 |
| Novartis | 2 | $65 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $53 |
| Merck | 2 | $50 |
| Amgen | 3 | $45 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Bayer | 2 | $33 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $18 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $18 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $14 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$894 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 3,581 physician assistant providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Memantine Hcl | 13 | $207 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 25 | $194 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 13 | $187 |
| Silver Sulfadiazine | 18 | $168 |
| Lidocaine Hcl ViscousLidocaine Hcl | 12 | $126 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Athens
- Douglas DiruggieroCartersville$1.3M
- Jennifer CobbsAtlanta$1M
- A BrunnerStockbridge$1M
- Joseph LangshawCalhoun$887K
- Alison MoeAtlanta$410K
- Maggie SchreckAtlanta$389K
- Lisa HillMarietta$190K
- Laura BishopBrunswick$103K
- Jaime AckermanAtlanta$84K
- Richard BurrellBrunswick$69K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.