Laura Blechner
Physician Assistant · Philadelphia, PANPI 1740490663
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 210 payments — averaging $19.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$932
- AbbVie$566
- Novo Nordisk$439
- Abbott$308
- AstraZeneca$299
- Exact Sciences$219
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,124100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 47 | $932 |
| AbbVie | 31 | $566 |
| Novo Nordisk | 24 | $439 |
| Abbott | 15 | $308 |
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $299 |
| Exact Sciences | 11 | $219 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $181 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $172 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $135 |
| Bayer | 8 | $129 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $114 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 4 | $113 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 5 | $109 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $49 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 3 | $48 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $45 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $33 |
| Amgen | 1 | $27 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- inCourage$118
How this compares
$4,124 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 6,643 physician assistant providers in Pennsylvania.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 67 | $65,890 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 90 | $62,904 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 48 | $31,917 |
| EliquisApixaban | 53 | $31,490 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 27 | $21,865 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 15 | $21,257 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 46 | $18,459 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 21 | $18,093 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 23 | $14,489 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 20 | $14,381 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 30 | $12,905 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 27 | $12,611 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 13 | $12,053 |
| SantylCollagenase Clostridium Hist. | 14 | $9,411 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 22 | $9,306 |
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, Anoro Ellipta | $932 | $75,515117 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $439 | $65,89067 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $45 | $31,49053 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $299 | $22,15635 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $135 | $21,86527 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar | $566 | $21,25715 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $172 | $12,05313 claims |
| Smith+NephewSantyl | $33 | $9,41114 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 6,643 physician assistant providers in Pennsylvania.
Other physician assistant in Philadelphia
- Melissa FerrariPhiladelphia$223K
- Alvin KingcadePhiladelphia$101K
- Trevor BonneyPhiladelphia$44K
- Ashwin GuptaPhiladelphia$33K
- Christopher EsworthyPhiladelphia$31K
- Carolyn ZawislakPhiladelphia$29K
- Kristen JonesPhiladelphia$22K
- Simone HoldenPhiladelphia$17K
- Erin CrownState College$1.5M
- Tricia BootsCranberry Twp$313K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.