Ray Townsend
Physician Assistant · Hiawassee, GANPI 1184909897
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 86 payments — averaging $17.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$606
- Medtronic$122
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$100
- Lilly USA, LLC$92
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$75
- GSK$75
- plus $416 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,486100%
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 | 47 | $606 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $122 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $92 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| GSK | 4 | $75 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $66 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $64 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $50 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $35 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $22 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $18 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $17 |
| Nevro Corp. | 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.
- Inspire$100
How this compares
$1,486 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 3,581 physician assistant providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 144 | $142,496 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 69 | $108,255 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 91 | $105,380 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 78 | $81,533 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 99 | $80,923 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 85 | $68,558 |
| EliquisApixaban | 62 | $62,774 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 62 | $59,723 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 28 | $51,758 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 42 | $28,177 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 41 | $16,271 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 15 | $16,268 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 15 | $10,195 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 14 | $9,443 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 20 | $8,263 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $92 | $165,103153 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar, Linzess, Qulipta, Synthroid | $606 | $157,813184 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $35 | $150,760164 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $75 | $84,829126 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Premarin | $50 | $65,30375 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $66 | $51,75828 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 70th percentile of 3,581 physician assistant providers in Georgia.
Other physician assistant in Hiawassee
- Douglas DiruggieroCartersville$1.3M
- Jennifer CobbsAtlanta$1M
- A BrunnerStockbridge$1M
- Joseph LangshawCalhoun$887K
- Alison MoeAtlanta$410K
- Maggie SchreckAtlanta$389K
- Lisa HillMarietta$190K
- Laura BishopBrunswick$103K
- Jaime AckermanAtlanta$84K
- Richard BurrellBrunswick$69K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.