Joe Sheets
Physician Assistant · Blacksburg, VANPI 1518919992
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $38,050 of the $52,188 with a category attached, or 72.9%. AbbVie accounts for 79.4% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among physician assistant clinicians in VA 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 470 payments — averaging $111.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$41K
- Amgen$6K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$605
- Novartis$515
- Lilly USA, LLC$359
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$38,05073%
- Travel & lodging$5,13010%
- Food & beverage$8,41816%
- Education$5911%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 161 | $41,451 |
| Amgen | 32 | $5,803 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 72 | $1,084 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 22 | $605 |
| Novartis | 23 | $515 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $359 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 18 | $337 |
| Pfizer | 25 | $313 |
| Incyte Corporation | 13 | $299 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 13 | $256 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 24 | $246 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 10 | $205 |
| UCB, Inc. | 15 | $193 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $171 |
| Almirall LLC | 5 | $89 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $80 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Organon | 1 | $18 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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
$52,188 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,376 physician assistant providers in Virginia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Skyrizi PenRisankizumab-Rzaa | 26 | $576,599 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 45 | $173,495 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 35 | $144,083 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 14 | $122,648 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 19 | $96,775 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 12 | $88,489 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 104 | $4,018 |
| Fluorouracil | 50 | $3,941 |
| Halobetasol Propionate | 60 | $3,504 |
| Metronidazole | 47 | $2,286 |
| Ketoconazole | 124 | $1,848 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 65 | $1,243 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 24 | $1,147 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 99 | $998 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 28 | $944 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenOtezla | $5,803 | $96,77519 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 3,376 physician assistant providers in Virginia.
Other physician assistant in Blacksburg
- John DalessandroSalem$160K
- Jalal AlghabraFredericksburg$119K
- Jamie GiovanelliVirginia Beach$118K
- John CarterStaunton$90K
- Melissa AlcoxNorfolk$73K
- Lindsay TomReston$71K
- Robert HigginsonRichmond$66K
- Jameka McElroy-BrooklynArlington$65K
- Hillary HartungNorfolk$62K
- Juliette BeristainVirginia Beach$54K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.