Maiyeshia McFadden
Physician Assistant · Bethesda, MDNPI 1356673164
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 73 payments — averaging $25.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$439
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$250
- Boehringer Ingelheim$208
- Boston Scientific$145
- Pfizer$137
- Medtronic$108
- plus $594 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,81196%
- Education$704%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $439 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 10 | $250 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $208 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $145 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $137 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $108 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $95 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $78 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $68 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Merck | 3 | $47 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $44 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $41 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $17 |
| Novartis | 1 | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Wegovy$245
- SYMPLICITY G3$108
How this compares
$1,881 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,567 physician assistant providers in Maryland.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amlodipine Besylate | 14 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Bethesda
- Amy WatersBethesda$13K
- Margaret JoyceTowson$220K
- Kara CossisBaltimore$177K
- Michael RitmillerOwings Mills$92K
- Garland JamesSilver Spring$86K
- Melissa BearekmanBaltimore$81K
- Brittany YerkesSalisbury$81K
- Bruce SmithBaltimore$63K
- Shannon MarriottBaltimore$38K
- Amy CollierTimonium$29K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.