Katie Owens
Physician Assistant · Middlebury, VTNPI 1932403581
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 61 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) at 27.8% of the total. Among physician assistant clinicians in VT 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 61 payments — averaging $21.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$358
- Boehringer Ingelheim$134
- Merck$87
- Pfizer$75
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$74
- Novo Nordisk$67
- plus $495 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,291100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 19 | $358 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $134 |
| Merck | 4 | $87 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $75 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $74 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $67 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $64 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $60 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Bayer | 2 | $43 |
| Amgen | 2 | $37 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Novartis | 1 | $23 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $21 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $16 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$1,291 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 274 physician assistant providers in Vermont.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 60 | $251 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 13 | $151 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Middlebury
- Leslie PutmanMiddlebury$46
- Kristin SchillerMiddlebury$32
- Helen HollenbachBurlington$3K
- Bruce Chutter CressyBurlington$2K
- Danielle LysterSaint Albans$1K
- Christopher LeeSt Johnsbury$1K
- Kyleigh LavigneBurlington$1K
- Mary Claire WalshCharlotte$685
- Christopher AubinBerlin$651
- Therese RivardBurlington$624
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.