Nicole Johnson
Physician Assistant · Durham, NCNPI 1548745672
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 404 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 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 9.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among physician assistant clinicians in NC 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 404 payments — averaging $17.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$668
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$641
- Lundbeck LLC$628
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$568
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$497
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$407
- plus $4K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,122100%
- Education$70%
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 | 56 | $668 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 37 | $641 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 26 | $628 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 37 | $568 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 27 | $497 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 22 | $407 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $404 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 15 | $382 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 23 | $376 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 17 | $354 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 24 | $348 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 13 | $278 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 16 | $255 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $217 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $205 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 13 | $168 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 6 | $106 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 6 | $102 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 5 | $88 |
| Corium, LLC | 4 | $83 |
| Merck | 4 | $73 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 4 | $73 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Braeburn Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$7,129 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Durham
- Joseph LicataDurham$29K
- Beth ParenteDurham$28K
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Benjamin EpsteinDavidson$447K
- Rebecca KrausDavidson$425K
- Brooke JonesGoldsboro$259K
- Philip ReasbeckWilson$180K
- Katherine SchultzHuntersville$164K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.