Kelsey Morkem
Physician Assistant · Gainesville, GANPI 1043977986
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 310 payments — averaging $24.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Novo Nordisk$964
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$777
- Amgen$541
- Ardelyx, Inc.$469
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$325
- plus $3K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,16894%
- Education$4356%
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) | 78 | $1,503 |
| Novo Nordisk | 38 | $964 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 18 | $777 |
| Amgen | 12 | $541 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 32 | $469 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 8 | $325 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 16 | $318 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $308 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 15 | $277 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $272 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 12 | $222 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 13 | $214 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 6 | $211 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $199 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $147 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 8 | $138 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 5 | $122 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 6 | $118 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $59 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $32 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Organon | 1 | $19 |
| Biogen | 1 | $17 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $15 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Athena Bioscience, LLC | 1 | $9 |
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
$7,603 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,581 physician assistant providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 13 | $11,662 |
| Naltrexone Hcl | 12 | $362 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 17 | $266 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 22 | $178 |
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 | $964 | $11,66213 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 90th percentile of 3,581 physician assistant providers in Georgia.
Other physician assistant in Gainesville
- Davina BraseltonGainesville$17K
- Douglas DiruggieroCartersville$1.3M
- Jennifer CobbsAtlanta$1M
- A BrunnerStockbridge$1M
- Joseph LangshawCalhoun$887K
- Alison MoeAtlanta$410K
- Maggie SchreckAtlanta$389K
- Lisa HillMarietta$190K
- Laura BishopBrunswick$103K
- Jaime AckermanAtlanta$84K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.