Lilian Chalfant
Physician Assistant · Columbus, OHNPI 1922570993
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Si-bone, Inc. accounts for 86.1% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,194 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $206 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in OH 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 61 payments — averaging $156.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$8K
- Stryker$735
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$147
- Medtronic$140
- Globus Medical$106
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$102
- plus $101 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,40046%
- Travel & lodging$1,18112%
- Food & beverage$3,98342%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 49 | $8,234 |
| Stryker | 6 | $735 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $140 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $106 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $102 |
| Abbott | 1 | $82 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $19 |
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.
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$5,059
- iFuse Implant$755
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$324
- SONOPET IQ$182
- N/A$160
- SERRATO$160
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$147
- ENDOSKELETON TC NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$140
- RELINE$106
How this compares
$9,565 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,098 physician assistant providers in Ohio.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 36 | $835 |
| Gabapentin | 55 | $805 |
| Methocarbamol | 16 | $225 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 20 | $140 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $118 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $117 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 18 | $115 |
| Prednisone | 14 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Columbus
- Alicia PerkinsColumbus$44K
- Julie WestColumbus$41K
- Kristin AbbruzziColumbus$25K
- Gabrielle HaydenColumbus$18K
- Erica FrischColumbus$15K
- Allyson FarrahColumbus$14K
- Derek KuesColumbus$14K
- Michelle DevilbissColumbus$12K
- Steven WurzelbacherCincinnati$309K
- Emily AnkromDayton$192K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.