Megan Benedict
Physician Assistant · Fort Carson, CONPI 1104439181
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 148 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 24.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,080 and has fallen 66.9% since, to $358 in 2023.
Across 148 payments — averaging $16.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$569
- Novo Nordisk$302
- Lilly USA, LLC$250
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$231
- AstraZeneca$229
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$99
- plus $695 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,374100%
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 | 33 | $569 |
| Novo Nordisk | 28 | $302 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $250 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $231 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $229 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $99 |
| GSK | 6 | $92 |
| Amgen | 5 | $90 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $63 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $54 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $54 |
| Bayer | 2 | $47 |
| Merck | 3 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $35 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Novartis | 2 | $28 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,374 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 2,849 physician assistant providers in Colorado.
Other physician assistant in Fort Carson
- Donald MooreEnglewood$246K
- Neekan AeiniGreenwood Village$234K
- Korby HowellCortez$182K
- Heather FinlaysonLittleton$180K
- Kristen LervikDenver$131K
- Marissa Moritz-GuzikLouisville$94K
- Clayton LabaumeDurango$87K
- Emily FrischDenver$79K
- Daniel HumerLone Tree$69K
- Christine ZerrLittleton$68K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.