Lea Lott
Physician Assistant · Raleigh, NCNPI 1497251714
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,525 of the $7,056 with a category attached, or 78.3%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merz North America, Inc. at 39.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,418 and has fallen 83.5% since, to $566 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in NC 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 219 payments — averaging $32.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$3K
- AbbVie$1K
- Novo Nordisk$805
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$571
- IBSA Pharma Inc.$301
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$258
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,50721%
- Food & beverage$5,52578%
- Education$250%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 22 | $2,796 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 57 | $1,191 |
| Novo Nordisk | 43 | $805 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 15 | $571 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 18 | $301 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $258 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $169 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 7 | $124 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $118 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 6 | $106 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $94 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $73 |
| Amgen | 4 | $59 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $45 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $29 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| GSK | 1 | $24 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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
$7,056 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 11 | $1,411 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 19 | $482 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Raleigh
- Jessica CainRaleigh$77K
- Carrie McGroartyRaleigh$69K
- Jaime BullRaleigh$25K
- Kristina KohuthRaleigh$24K
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Benjamin EpsteinDavidson$447K
- Rebecca KrausDavidson$425K
- Brooke JonesGoldsboro$259K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.