Laura Hobson, PA
Physician Assistant · Crestview Hills, KYNPI 1568988574
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 342 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 28.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,125 and has fallen 57.9% since, to $896 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in KY 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 342 payments — averaging $21.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$978
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$886
- Lundbeck LLC$591
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$547
- Johnson & Johnson$376
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,27499%
- Education$591%
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 | 109 | $2,105 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 34 | $978 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 42 | $886 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 42 | $591 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 15 | $547 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $376 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 11 | $345 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 13 | $201 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 7 | $186 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $179 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $143 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $142 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $135 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 6 | $117 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 6 | $107 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 3 | $38 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Corium, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 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.
- ABILIFY MAINTENA$364
- CAPLYTA$249
- ABILIFY ASIMTUFII$247
- VRAYLAR$231
- COBENFY$121
- QUVIVIQ$121
- Austedo XR$114
- REXULTI$106
- SPRAVATO$106
- Auvelity$104
How this compares
$7,333 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,448 physician assistant providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buspirone Hcl | 28 | $632 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 16 | $566 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 36 | $202 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 13 | $186 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 13 | $164 |
| Lamotrigine | 27 | $152 |
| Lithium Carbonate ErLithium Carbonate | 12 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Crestview Hills
- Brandice HarrisonLexington$745K
- Lauren MeadeLexington$656K
- Melissa DavisLouisville$362K
- Kara MuddLouisville$98K
- Seth KingBowling Green$91K
- Marty MullinsHazard$63K
- Lauri GarnerVersailles$33K
- Robert TatumLouisville$29K
- Grace IsaacsLouisville$28K
- Catherine BookerProspect$26K
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.