Laura Cunningham, PA
Physician Assistant · West Des Moines, IANPI 1326424904
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (58.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) at 28.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $66,941, 7.0 times the $9,561 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in IA 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 642 payments — averaging $199.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$36K
- AbbVie$30K
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$25K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$20K
- Novo Nordisk$10K
- Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$4K
- plus $3K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,57422%
- Speaking & faculty fees$75,46059%
- Travel & lodging$13,04810%
- Food & beverage$11,8969%
- Education$1650%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 106 | $36,078 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 188 | $30,108 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 71 | $25,422 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 41 | $19,717 |
| Novo Nordisk | 75 | $9,729 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 18 | $3,936 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 20 | $447 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 24 | $418 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $291 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $235 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 11 | $218 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $196 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 6 | $186 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 10 | $186 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $184 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 10 | $166 |
| Corium, LLC | 7 | $145 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 6 | $106 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $96 |
| Biogen | 2 | $45 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $39 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 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
$128,142 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,140 physician assistant providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 11 | $15,943 |
| Vilazodone Hcl | 24 | $3,919 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 90 | $1,837 |
| Mirtazapine | 53 | $913 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 14 | $615 |
| Clonazepam | 17 | $396 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 17 | $312 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 16 | $302 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 17 | $299 |
| Lorazepam | 27 | $184 |
| Aripiprazole | 12 | $120 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 26 | $102 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 13 | $82 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 13 | $82 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieVraylar | $30,108 | $15,94311 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $30 | $8213 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 1,140 physician assistant providers in Iowa.
Other physician assistant in West Des Moines
- Taylor MyersWest Des Moines$7K
- Bianca WaldschmidtWest Des Moines$7K
- Amanda van WykWest Des Moines$6K
- Caitlin StudleyWest Des Moines$5K
- Christine HaackWest Des Moines$5K
- Lauren CrawfordWest Des Moines$5K
- McKenzie TonksWest Des Moines$4K
- Bailey O'DonnellWest Des Moines$4K
- Racheal McMahonWest Des Moines$4K
- Jacy NunezWest Des Moines$3K
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.