Lara Gavaldon
Physician Assistant · Benzonia, MINPI 1962042796
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 207 payments — averaging $21.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Novo Nordisk$788
- GSK$711
- AstraZeneca$593
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$164
- Lilly USA, LLC$155
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,33598%
- Education$1032%
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 | 69 | $1,026 |
| Novo Nordisk | 34 | $788 |
| GSK | 35 | $711 |
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $593 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $164 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $155 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $131 |
| Braeburn Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $101 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $101 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $91 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $61 |
| Amgen | 3 | $56 |
| Indivior Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $28 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Boston Scientific | 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
$4,437 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 5,453 physician assistant providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 76 | $84,310 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 29 | $37,695 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 21 | $25,200 |
| EliquisApixaban | 21 | $22,493 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 18 | $16,813 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $10,715 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 11 | $8,329 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 11 | $7,942 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 36 | $4,033 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 64 | $2,772 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 154 | $2,550 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 29 | $2,024 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 128 | $1,904 |
| Omeprazole | 104 | $1,670 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 72 | $1,571 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $711 | $84,31076 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $155 | $37,69529 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $788 | $25,20021 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $101 | $22,49321 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $593 | $10,71511 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 5,453 physician assistant providers in Michigan.
Other physician assistant in Benzonia
- Sarang PatelRoyal Oak$660K
- Beth SweneyAda$617K
- Zainab JishiCanton$596K
- Taylor HennrickAdrian$430K
- Erin van DykeGrand Rapids$346K
- Ashley AldridgeAnn Arbor$298K
- Derek SusallaRochester Hills$242K
- Gabrielle DamoreRoyal Oak$200K
- Melissa MickelsonKalamazoo$168K
- Patrick CooneyNew Baltimore$91K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.