Samantha Gaffney
Physician Assistant · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1871907667
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 82 payments — averaging $26.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$757
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$210
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$162
- Johnson & Johnson$140
- Pfizer$98
- Gilead$83
- plus $713 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$60028%
- Food & beverage$1,56372%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $757 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 14 | $210 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 7 | $162 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $140 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $98 |
| Gilead | 4 | $83 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 4 | $76 |
| Novartis | 4 | $73 |
| Incyte Corporation | 3 | $57 |
| Merck | 2 | $56 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $50 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Genmab U.S., Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| GSK | 2 | $36 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bayer | 1 | $21 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Blueprint Medicines Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Enhertu$600
How this compares
$2,163 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,543 physician assistant providers in Utah.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 25 | $274 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 13 | $164 |
| Levofloxacin | 11 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Salt Lake City
- Jill EricksonSalt Lake City$179K
- Natalie BeeSalt Lake City$63K
- Samuel ShewanSalt Lake City$22K
- Christy MaSalt Lake City$17K
- Shane FarrSalt Lake City$14K
- Gintare DaileySalt Lake City$13K
- Corey DahlSalt Lake City$13K
- David JonesSalt Lake City$12K
- Corbin WoodSalt Lake City$12K
- Amy HillierSalt Lake City$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.