Jonathan Pleasant
Physician Assistant · Knoxville, TNNPI 1811998214
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 57 payments — averaging $15.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$246
- GSK$145
- Lundbeck LLC$74
- Lilly USA, LLC$40
- Nevro Corp.$35
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$34
- plus $333 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$906100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 18 | $246 |
| GSK | 8 | $145 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $74 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $40 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $35 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $27 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $22 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Bayer | 1 | $17 |
| VBI Vaccine (delaware) Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$906 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 2,404 physician assistant providers in Tennessee.
Other physician assistant in Knoxville
- Lindsey NixKnoxville$576K
- Katherine RunyanKnoxville$156K
- Kevin BlazerKnoxville$20K
- Meghan ShotwellKnoxville$18K
- Timothy VanceKnoxville$13K
- Danielle WarrenKnoxville$11K
- Anna KerseySavannah$399K
- Jason HenryNashville$329K
- Brie ChandlerNashville$317K
- Loree EasleyBartlett$209K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.