Paul Sharpless
Physician Assistant · Spring Lake, NCNPI 1447660998
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 362 payments — averaging $19.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$674
- Ardelyx, Inc.$667
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$624
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$459
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$333
- plus $3K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,95098%
- Education$1772%
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 | 85 | $1,737 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $674 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 32 | $667 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 55 | $624 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 21 | $459 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 23 | $333 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 15 | $328 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 15 | $248 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 14 | $235 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $157 |
| Gilead | 8 | $140 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $138 |
| Merck | 7 | $131 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $131 |
| Sanofi | 6 | $129 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $123 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 8 | $122 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $113 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $107 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $101 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 5 | $97 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $94 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $70 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $40 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 2 | $33 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $29 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 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.
How this compares
$7,127 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 87 | $77,282 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 16 | $50,734 |
| TrulancePlecanatide | 23 | $14,731 |
| MotegrityPrucalopride Succinate | 13 | $13,409 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 68 | $5,665 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 13 | $5,078 |
| Famotidine | 220 | $3,250 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 33 | $2,755 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 203 | $2,400 |
| Omeprazole | 153 | $2,328 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 30 | $1,786 |
| Rabeprazole Sodium | 12 | $894 |
| Sucralfate | 14 | $806 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 53 | $763 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 40 | $522 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess | $1,737 | $77,28287 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $459 | $50,73416 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCTrulance | $624 | $14,73123 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Motegrity | $235 | $13,40913 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 95th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Spring Lake
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Benjamin EpsteinDavidson$447K
- Rebecca KrausDavidson$425K
- Brooke JonesGoldsboro$259K
- Philip ReasbeckWilson$180K
- Katherine SchultzHuntersville$164K
- Kristin CabedaCharlotte$135K
- Jay ClarkeArden$133K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.