Melissa Smith
Physician Assistant · Union City, GANPI 1720779986
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 114 payments — averaging $14.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$438
- Lundbeck LLC$252
- Lilly USA, LLC$224
- AstraZeneca$183
- Novo Nordisk$169
- Boehringer Ingelheim$99
- plus $326 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,690100%
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 | 43 | $438 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 11 | $252 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $224 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $183 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $169 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $99 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Amgen | 4 | $66 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| GSK | 1 | $21 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$1,690 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 3,581 physician assistant providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 30 | $20,327 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 26 | $14,567 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 13 | $14,144 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 12 | $13,720 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 14 | $13,057 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 15 | $11,795 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 11 | $11,324 |
| Olmesartan-HydrochlorothiazideOlmesartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 21 | $1,750 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 148 | $1,124 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 44 | $1,025 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 38 | $614 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 163 | $549 |
| Valsartan-HydrochlorothiazideValsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 15 | $528 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 56 | $510 |
| Losartan Potassium | 70 | $485 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta | $99 | $32,12245 claims |
| Novo NordiskRybelsus, Ozempic | $169 | $26,77726 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $224 | $25,46824 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $183 | $14,56726 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 75th percentile of 3,581 physician assistant providers in Georgia.
Other physician assistant in Union City
- 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.