Karen Garrett
Physician Assistant · Martinsville, VANPI 1912071796
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 262 payments — averaging $27.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$4K
- Novo Nordisk$394
- Lilly USA, LLC$299
- Amgen$266
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$199
- AstraZeneca$158
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,26732%
- Food & beverage$4,75067%
- Education$911%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 117 | $4,426 |
| Novo Nordisk | 18 | $394 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 22 | $299 |
| Amgen | 16 | $266 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $199 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $158 |
| Novartis | 9 | $156 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $156 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $140 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $94 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $83 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $82 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Abbott | 4 | $62 |
| Merck | 3 | $56 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $52 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $43 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $42 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $40 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $23 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Bayer | 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
$7,108 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 115 | $116,915 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 24 | $45,286 |
| EliquisApixaban | 21 | $21,284 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 18 | $20,383 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 16 | $10,394 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 11 | $4,962 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 19 | $3,015 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 41 | $2,319 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 28 | $1,644 |
| Omeprazole | 183 | $1,502 |
| Gabapentin | 142 | $1,429 |
| Potassium Chloride | 54 | $1,265 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 175 | $1,256 |
| Fenofibrate | 17 | $1,144 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 68 | $1,114 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $394 | $116,915115 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $299 | $45,28624 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $94 | $21,28421 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $82 | $20,38318 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $4,426 | $12,71357 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $199 | $4,96211 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 Martinsville
- Brook NelsonMartinsville$14K
- 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
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.