Philip Weatherford
Physician Assistant · Kingsport, TNNPI 1790226728
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 919 payments — averaging $17.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Amgen$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- Novartis$872
- GSK$753
- plus $4K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$15,97398%
- Education$2782%
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 | 203 | $3,499 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 170 | $3,009 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 118 | $2,202 |
| UCB, Inc. | 80 | $1,500 |
| Novartis | 46 | $872 |
| GSK | 44 | $753 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 40 | $657 |
| Pfizer | 48 | $616 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 33 | $563 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 29 | $473 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 21 | $406 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 16 | $275 |
| Sobi, Inc | 11 | $217 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 8 | $184 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $159 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 7 | $133 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 7 | $126 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $95 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 3 | $77 |
| Sandoz | 4 | $71 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $63 |
| Organon | 3 | $57 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $53 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$16,251 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,404 physician assistant providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 90 | $726,160 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 63 | $545,496 |
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 34 | $230,657 |
| ActemraTocilizumab | 24 | $130,902 |
| Actemra ActpenTocilizumab | 28 | $123,959 |
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 20 | $113,259 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 12 | $68,987 |
| BenlystaBelimumab | 13 | $62,797 |
| KevzaraSarilumab | 11 | $46,723 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 556 | $20,593 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 445 | $8,857 |
| Lidocaine Hcl ViscousLidocaine Hcl | 16 | $7,629 |
| SavellaMilnacipran Hcl | 12 | $6,667 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 221 | $4,426 |
| Celecoxib | 137 | $4,128 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq, Savella | $3,499 | $237,32546 claims |
| GSKBenlysta | $753 | $62,79713 claims |
| SanofiKevzara | $63 | $46,72311 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Colchicine | $79 | $1,42428 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 2,404 physician assistant providers in Tennessee.
Other physician assistant in Kingsport
- Sandra McCraryKingsport$17K
- William JohnsonKingsport$13K
- Harold LittleKingsport$13K
- Rachel RiceKingsport$11K
- Lindsey NixKnoxville$576K
- Anna KerseySavannah$399K
- Jason HenryNashville$329K
- Brie ChandlerNashville$317K
- Loree EasleyBartlett$209K
- Katherine RunyanKnoxville$156K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.