Nikala Lighty
Physician Assistant · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1326511221
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 90 payments — averaging $22.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$332
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$297
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$296
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$284
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$150
- Bayer$139
- plus $514 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,92296%
- Education$904%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 13 | $332 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 9 | $297 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 16 | $296 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 11 | $284 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 7 | $150 |
| Bayer | 7 | $139 |
| Millicent US Inc | 5 | $81 |
| Organon | 4 | $77 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $74 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $71 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Twirla$166
- Slynd$166
- MYFEMBREE$121
- NEXTSTELLIS$120
How this compares
$2,013 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,888 physician assistant providers in Arizona.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 92 | $7,172 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 27 | $3,203 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 32 | $1,863 |
| DottiEstradiol | 11 | $1,634 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 12 | $1,027 |
| Fluconazole | 40 | $143 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 12 | $86 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.