Karen Cox, PA
Physician Assistant · Mobile, ALNPI 1144261694
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 80 payments — averaging $20.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$443
- Nevro Corp.$368
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$308
- Bioventus LLC$60
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$59
- Valinor Pharma, LLC$52
- plus $389 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,678100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 18 | $443 |
| Nevro Corp. | 12 | $368 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 21 | $308 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $60 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Vericel Corporation | 2 | $47 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $40 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $38 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $27 |
| Abbott | 1 | $25 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$1,678 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 846 physician assistant providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 95 | $40,037 |
| RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide | 16 | $39,525 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 45 | $25,225 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 15 | $12,386 |
| Buprenorphine | 41 | $9,901 |
| Lidocaine | 55 | $9,139 |
| Gabapentin | 780 | $9,070 |
| Pregabalin | 364 | $5,870 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 152 | $5,659 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 531 | $5,521 |
| SavellaMilnacipran Hcl | 11 | $5,424 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 155 | $2,975 |
| Celecoxib | 118 | $2,876 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 407 | $2,757 |
| Methocarbamol | 202 | $2,485 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCRelistor | $308 | $39,52516 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido, Colchicine | $15 | $13,58738 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 75th percentile of 846 physician assistant providers in Alabama.
Other physician assistant in Mobile
- Ashley PeaceMobile$27K
- Gregory SharpMobile$19K
- Elizabeth SimpsonMobile$18K
- Jessica DavisMobile$15K
- Alyssa HollingsworthMobile$14K
- Jessica KantralesMobile$14K
- Mary HneichMobile$12K
- James GunnMobile$10K
- Taryn ThompsonMobile$10K
- Hannah SmithMobile$10K
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.