Joseph Licata, PA
Physician Assistant · Durham, NCNPI 1093264459
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $21,678 of the $29,163 with a category attached, or 74.3%. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 67.5% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $24,440, more than ten times the $117 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in NC 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 65 payments — averaging $448.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$20K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$8K
- Smith+Nephew$173
- Medtronic$155
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$149
- AbbVie$140
- plus $777 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,67874%
- Travel & lodging$5,12118%
- Food & beverage$2,3658%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 26 | $19,673 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 26 | $8,097 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $173 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $155 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $140 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $126 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $98 |
| Gilead | 1 | $94 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $25 |
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.
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$14,343
- ETHICON$12,452
- VISTASEAL$12,452
- STRATAFIX$1,010
- EVARREST$971
- Intracept$298
- STRATA$155
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$126
- CLEVIPREX$125
- mild Device Kit$123
- NURTEC ODT$117
How this compares
$29,163 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 186 | $2,506 |
| Gabapentin | 98 | $1,277 |
| Calcitonin-SalmonCalcitonin,salmon,synthetic | 11 | $509 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 37 | $189 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $171 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 19 | $148 |
| Methocarbamol | 17 | $144 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $92 |
| Methylprednisolone | 19 | $77 |
| Diazepam | 12 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Durham
- Beth ParenteDurham$28K
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Benjamin EpsteinDavidson$447K
- Rebecca KrausDavidson$425K
- Brooke JonesGoldsboro$259K
- Philip ReasbeckWilson$180K
- Katherine SchultzHuntersville$164K
- Kristin CabedaCharlotte$135K
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.