Megan Bender, PA
Physician Assistant · Lakewood Ranch, FLNPI 1639506348
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.2% of the total across 419 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 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,418, 3.8 times the $890 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in FL 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 419 payments — averaging $24.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$1K
- Sanofi$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$791
- Johnson & Johnson$616
- UCB, Inc.$609
- plus $4K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$9,76696%
- Education$3904%
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 | 77 | $1,759 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 52 | $1,072 |
| Sanofi | 28 | $1,007 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 28 | $791 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 33 | $616 |
| UCB, Inc. | 18 | $609 |
| Novartis | 25 | $548 |
| Pfizer | 22 | $415 |
| Incyte Corporation | 16 | $405 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 14 | $367 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 11 | $317 |
| Amgen | 13 | $286 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $269 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $266 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $266 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 15 | $187 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $157 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 7 | $155 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 4 | $125 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $88 |
| Organon | 6 | $72 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Almirall LLC | 2 | $51 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 2 | $46 |
| Krystal Biotech Inc | 2 | $41 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| LNHC, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
How this compares
$10,156 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,062 physician assistant providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 19 | $78,733 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 53 | $1,716 |
| Tacrolimus | 17 | $1,460 |
| Ketoconazole | 118 | $1,369 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 149 | $1,157 |
| Fluorouracil | 15 | $917 |
| Tretinoin | 14 | $839 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 50 | $826 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 44 | $724 |
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 58 | $707 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 21 | $672 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 40 | $609 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 29 | $461 |
| Ciclopirox | 17 | $424 |
| Mupirocin | 52 | $371 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Lakewood Ranch
- Melissa BeachyLakewood Ranch$105K
- Audrey BeckerSt Augustine$689K
- Kevin WilliamsTampa$647K
- Brian BonomoLecanto$559K
- Melissa SingletonOcala$482K
- Reeli ReinuMaitland$427K
- Jeanelle KingMiami$424K
- Risha BellomoOrlando$397K
- Jason BergerClearwater$344K
- Ashley MillerGainesville$328K
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.