Mark Vinas
Physician Assistant · Lexington, KYNPI 1952982332
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 35.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,046 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $15 in 2024. 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 114 payments — averaging $69.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Bioventus LLC$849
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$731
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$131
- Nevro Corp.$126
- plus $596 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,91749%
- Food & beverage$4,04051%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 35 | $2,843 |
| Medtronic | 43 | $2,681 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $849 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $731 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 11 | $131 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $126 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $120 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $81 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $64 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 3 | $59 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Acacia Pharma Inc | 2 | $18 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $15 |
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.
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,455
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$1,277
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$698
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$624
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$624
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$624
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$624
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$624
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$421
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$167
How this compares
$7,957 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,448 physician assistant providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 19 | $248 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $178 |
| Gabapentin | 22 | $169 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 28 | $150 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 12 | $133 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $130 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 15 | $120 |
| Cephalexin | 32 | $118 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 23 | $78 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 11 | $71 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 14 | $44 |
| Prednisone | 18 | $24 |
| Meloxicam | 11 | $13 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Lauren MeadeLexington$656K
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- Amber ErwinLexington$15K
- Megan CraftLexington$13K
- Julena AdamsLexington$11K
- Vedrana KnezevicLexington$10K
- Kristi PhelpsLexington$10K
- Elizabeth MentzerLexington$10K
- Edwin RobbinsLexington$10K
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.