Meaghan Mize
Physician Assistant · Athens, GANPI 1568005692
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 70 payments — averaging $21.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novocure Inc.$337
- Novartis$133
- AstraZeneca$99
- Boston Scientific$77
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$61
- EMD Serono, Inc.$61
- plus $759 from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,528100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novocure Inc. | 9 | $337 |
| Novartis | 6 | $133 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $99 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $77 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $57 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| GSK | 3 | $47 |
| Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Merck | 2 | $43 |
| Genmab U.S., Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Seagen Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Bayer | 1 | $24 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $23 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Gilead | 1 | $19 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| ADC Therapeutics America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,528 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 3,581 physician assistant providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 13 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Athens
- Douglas DiruggieroCartersville$1.3M
- Jennifer CobbsAtlanta$1M
- A BrunnerStockbridge$1M
- Joseph LangshawCalhoun$887K
- Alison MoeAtlanta$410K
- Maggie SchreckAtlanta$389K
- Lisa HillMarietta$190K
- Laura BishopBrunswick$103K
- Jaime AckermanAtlanta$84K
- Richard BurrellBrunswick$69K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.