Lance Griffin, PA
Physician Assistant · Missoula, MTNPI 1700212198
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.1% of the total across 122 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 AbbVie at 25.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,017, 7.7 times the $133 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in MT 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 122 payments — averaging $21.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$648
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$381
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$372
- Johnson & Johnson$318
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$147
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$107
- plus $613 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,53698%
- Education$502%
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 | 43 | $648 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 18 | $381 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 6 | $372 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 14 | $318 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $147 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $74 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $72 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $67 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $61 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $58 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $49 |
| Merck | 2 | $33 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Orphalan Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Gilead | 1 | $19 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
How this compares
$2,586 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 626 physician assistant providers in Montana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| StelaraUstekinumab | 69 | $1,844,567 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 33 | $97,285 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 65 | $41,260 |
| MotegrityPrucalopride Succinate | 16 | $8,670 |
| Mesalamine | 11 | $5,491 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 15 | $4,759 |
| Ursodiol | 34 | $4,093 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 17 | $1,512 |
| Omeprazole | 151 | $1,505 |
| Balsalazide Disodium | 12 | $1,124 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 40 | $674 |
| Azathioprine | 16 | $558 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 13 | $538 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 27 | $393 |
| Lactulose | 15 | $338 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonStelara | $318 | $1,844,56769 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $648 | $41,26065 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Motegrity | $381 | $8,67016 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 626 physician assistant providers in Montana.
Other physician assistant in Missoula
- Joan Bond-DeschampsMissoula$9K
- Jennifer DotyMissoula$6K
- Charla FontaineMissoula$5K
- Whitney MartinMissoula$3K
- Lisa HathawayMissoula$3K
- Kelly PolusMissoula$3K
- Eric DeesMissoula$2K
- Lina MontopoliMissoula$2K
- Lisa WeinreichMissoula$2K
- Jenifer CaldwellMissoula$2K
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.