Laura Young Ligon
Nurse Practitioner · Danville, VANPI 1831187095
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 98 payments — averaging $13.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$222
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.$161
- Akebia Therapeutics Inc$158
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.$148
- AstraZeneca$143
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$80
- plus $385 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,22094%
- Education$121%
- Other$675%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 28 | $222 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 11 | $161 |
| Akebia Therapeutics Inc | 11 | $158 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 9 | $148 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $143 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $80 |
| Bayer | 5 | $77 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $58 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Welch Allyn | 2 | $35 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $33 |
| GSK | 2 | $32 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,299 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,166 nurse practitioner providers in Virginia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sevelamer Carbonate | 13 | $3,653 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 15 | $123 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Danville
- Kim NesterDanville$8K
- Samantha FoxGate City$207K
- Mikel GrayCharlottesville$174K
- Kevin BrigleRichmond$166K
- Denese GomesRichmond$126K
- Ashley CarmenAlexandria$99K
- Rachel AndersonCharlottesville$90K
- Megan FrancisArlington$81K
- Elizabeth WilletteNorfolk$58K
- Lacey LyleSuffolk$50K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.