Meghan Ellden
Physician Assistant · Fredericksburg, VANPI 1265907521
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 99 payments — averaging $18.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$291
- Pfizer$164
- Johnson & Johnson$145
- Lilly USA, LLC$126
- Novo Nordisk$125
- Abbott$119
- plus $884 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,854100%
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 | 15 | $291 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $164 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $145 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $126 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $125 |
| Abbott | 6 | $119 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $96 |
| GSK | 6 | $96 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $96 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $94 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $94 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $91 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Novartis | 3 | $46 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Amgen | 3 | $40 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $19 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Tremfya$114
How this compares
$1,854 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 3,376 physician assistant providers in Virginia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 12 | $27,057 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 14 | $26,695 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 51 | $2,256 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 253 | $2,006 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 54 | $1,613 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 124 | $1,170 |
| Lisinopril | 149 | $1,005 |
| Metformin Hcl | 100 | $805 |
| Omeprazole | 61 | $794 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 52 | $672 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 29 | $666 |
| Losartan Potassium | 74 | $599 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 115 | $567 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 27 | $496 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 108 | $489 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $125 | $27,05712 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $126 | $26,69514 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 3,376 physician assistant providers in Virginia.
Other physician assistant in Fredericksburg
- Jalal AlghabraFredericksburg$119K
- Leah WallerFredericksburg$18K
- Kaitlin GilbertFredericksburg$13K
- Denise HamiltonFredericksburg$12K
- Monica SpellmanFredericksburg$12K
- John DalessandroSalem$160K
- Jamie GiovanelliVirginia Beach$118K
- John CarterStaunton$90K
- Melissa AlcoxNorfolk$73K
- Lindsay TomReston$71K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.