Lauren Meade
Physician Assistant · Lexington, KYNPI 1689923955
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $578,569 of the $656,462 with a category attached, or 88.1%. Galderma Laboratories, L.p. accounts for 99.8% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $185,008 and has fallen 62.4% since, to $69,597 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 1,027 payments — averaging $639.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$655K
- Merz North America, Inc.$518
- AbbVie$445
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$285
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$20
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$578,56988%
- Travel & lodging$60,2989%
- Food & beverage$17,5963%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 995 | $655,194 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 9 | $518 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 13 | $445 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $285 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
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
$656,462 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,448 physician assistant providers in Kentucky.
Other physician assistant in Lexington
- Brandice HarrisonLexington$745K
- Julie GurwellLexington$15K
- Amber ErwinLexington$15K
- Megan CraftLexington$13K
- Julena AdamsLexington$11K
- Vedrana KnezevicLexington$10K
- Kristi PhelpsLexington$10K
- Elizabeth MentzerLexington$10K
- Edwin RobbinsLexington$10K
- Sarah DoughertyLexington$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.