Joseph Nicholas, PA
Physician Assistant · Bossier City, LANPI 1801106349
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 24 payments — averaging $26.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$116
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$83
- Vericel Corporation$78
- Dynasplint Systems Inc.$75
- Johnson & Johnson$69
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$52
- plus $154 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$628100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 3 | $116 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $83 |
| Vericel Corporation | 3 | $78 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $69 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Amgen | 2 | $28 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $24 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Heraeus Medical, LLC. | 2 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$628 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 1,246 physician assistant providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 140 | $1,091 |
| Methylprednisolone | 95 | $568 |
| Meloxicam | 193 | $559 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 55 | $373 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 15 | $190 |
| Celecoxib | 17 | $177 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $114 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 18 | $53 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Bossier City
- Daniel StringerBossier City$6K
- Shelly EsnardBaton Rouge$141K
- Jefferson OberleNew Orleans$66K
- Jennifer ScheuermannNew Orleans$56K
- Claire DarreJefferson$50K
- Elizabeth ClementNew Orleans$35K
- Mary Negrotto GuntherSlidell$29K
- Kristen HebertZachary$27K
- David GsellNew Orleans$26K
- Nakia BrooksNew Orleans$25K
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.