Leah Choate
Advanced Practice Midwife · Mineral, VANPI 1114527140
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 111 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $898 and has fallen 80.6% since, to $175 in 2025. Among advanced practice midwife clinicians in VA 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 111 payments — averaging $22.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$525
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$288
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$232
- Aspira Women's Health Inc$219
- Organon$213
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$171
- plus $800 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,446100%
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 | 25 | $525 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 8 | $288 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $232 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 5 | $219 |
| Organon | 10 | $213 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 10 | $171 |
| Bayer | 8 | $168 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 8 | $134 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $92 |
| Merck | 4 | $77 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $71 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $21 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
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
$2,446 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 222 advanced practice midwife providers in Virginia.
Other advanced practice midwife in Mineral
- Karen KlaussArlington$4K
- Wendy GraefeChesapeake$3K
- Sherrie DossIvanhoe$3K
- Liane GuarnieriAlexandria$3K
- Dorsena GayleLeesburg$2K
- Elizabeth RobsonAlexandria$2K
- Julie FlanaganFredericksburg$2K
- Mary WilliamsSuffolk$2K
- Gretchen JonesVirginia Beach$2K
- Kathleen RaneyHampton$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.