Kristina Metz
Physician Assistant · Fort Liberty, NCNPI 1659988111
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 170 payments — averaging $15.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$480
- AbbVie$356
- Amgen$335
- Boehringer Ingelheim$266
- Novo Nordisk$256
- AstraZeneca$191
- plus $822 from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,68699%
- Education$201%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 33 | $480 |
| AbbVie | 27 | $356 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 19 | $335 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 15 | $266 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $256 |
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $191 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $160 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 5 | $84 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $71 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $66 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $54 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $47 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $32 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $22 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bayer | 1 | $17 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $17 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $15 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $14 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $4 |
How this compares
$2,706 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 13 | $15,298 |
| Valsartan-HydrochlorothiazideValsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 16 | $1,226 |
| Omeprazole | 36 | $688 |
| Potassium Chloride | 25 | $659 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 39 | $636 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 63 | $603 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 48 | $524 |
| Gabapentin | 27 | $508 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 48 | $498 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 14 | $477 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 24 | $432 |
| Ezetimibe | 18 | $382 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 30 | $358 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 39 | $345 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 11 | $287 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $266 | $15,29813 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 85th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Fort Liberty
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Benjamin EpsteinDavidson$447K
- Rebecca KrausDavidson$425K
- Brooke JonesGoldsboro$259K
- Philip ReasbeckWilson$180K
- Katherine SchultzHuntersville$164K
- Kristin CabedaCharlotte$135K
- Jay ClarkeArden$133K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.