Laura Purks
Physician Assistant · Durham, NCNPI 1528626322
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 230 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 31.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,946, more than ten times the $25 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 230 payments — averaging $21.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Alkermes, Inc.$620
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$563
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$389
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$335
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$222
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,936100%
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 | 62 | $1,551 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 21 | $620 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 29 | $563 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 15 | $389 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 19 | $335 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $222 |
| Corium, LLC | 12 | $180 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 13 | $172 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $135 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $119 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 6 | $91 |
| Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 4 | $80 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 4 | $72 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $67 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 3 | $57 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $41 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
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
$4,936 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 20 | $254 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Durham
- Joseph LicataDurham$29K
- Beth ParenteDurham$28K
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Benjamin EpsteinDavidson$447K
- Rebecca KrausDavidson$425K
- Brooke JonesGoldsboro$259K
- Philip ReasbeckWilson$180K
- Katherine SchultzHuntersville$164K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.