Sandra McCarthy, PA
Physician Assistant · Phila, PANPI 1770569311
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.4% of the total across 97 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novo Nordisk at 29.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,536 and has fallen 85.9% since, to $217 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in PA 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 97 payments — averaging $33.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$975
- GSK$551
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$419
- Boehringer Ingelheim$243
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$225
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$207
- plus $654 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,18897%
- Education$853%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 31 | $975 |
| GSK | 16 | $551 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 10 | $419 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $243 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $225 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $207 |
| Bayer | 3 | $141 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $138 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $90 |
| Novartis | 2 | $46 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
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.
- RYBELSUS$451
- Ozempic$332
- INJECTAFER$245
- DUPIXENT$225
- DEXCOM G7 GSS (161)$127
- DEXCOM STELO GLUCOSE BIOSENSOR$127
- Kerendia$124
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$120
How this compares
$3,273 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 6,643 physician assistant providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 29 | $1,481 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 67 | $1,406 |
| Ofloxacin | 14 | $1,188 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 108 | $987 |
| Famotidine | 72 | $691 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 22 | $360 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 20 | $264 |
| Omeprazole | 15 | $211 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 19 | $183 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Phila
- Erin CrownState College$1.2M
- Tricia BootsCranberry Twp$313K
- Melissa FerrariPhiladelphia$223K
- Jason OberdickWexford$206K
- Justine RobertsMurrysville$173K
- Allison BoydErie$163K
- Joshua TrbovichWashington$144K
- Daniel TelegaErie$124K
- Jeffrey CameronWashington$89K
- Dorissa BrivchikPittsburgh$81K
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.