Pamela Parker
Acute Care · Ashland, KYNPI 1962445007
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,587 of the $3,669 with a category attached, or 70.5%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 44.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,211 and has fallen 95.9% since, to $132 in 2025. Among acute care clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 33 payments — averaging $111.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- AstraZeneca$283
- Irhythm Technologies, Inc.$57
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$55
- Amgen$16
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,58771%
- Food & beverage$1,08229%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $1,642 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $1,617 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $283 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $57 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $55 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
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.
- WATCHMAN Access System$1,434
- ATTESTA SR MRI SURESCAN$135
- FARXIGA$125
How this compares
$3,669 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 319 acute care providers in Kentucky.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 157 | $178,042 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 77 | $107,141 |
| Dofetilide | 275 | $46,063 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 18 | $20,973 |
| PradaxaDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 24 | $6,212 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 27 | $5,791 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 80 | $4,516 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 189 | $4,317 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 259 | $4,013 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 84 | $1,401 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 38 | $1,100 |
| Potassium Chloride | 37 | $944 |
| Losartan Potassium | 39 | $460 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 25 | $429 |
| Lisinopril | 37 | $426 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Ashland
- Anna BayesAshland$7K
- Brittany ShortAshland$6K
- Candice StevensAshland$5K
- Caitlin ArthurAshland$2K
- Shannon AtkinsonBowling Green$63K
- Billie WaltersLexington$20K
- Audra MarcumLexington$14K
- Holly ChitwoodLexington$10K
- Vanessa PaddyElizabethtown$8K
- Baylee KnoxGlasgow$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.