Sara Welch, PA
Physician Assistant · Daphne, ALNPI 1861689606
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,337 of the $9,327 with a category attached, or 78.7%. It is spread thinly across 37 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among physician assistant clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 361 payments — averaging $25.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$1K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$1K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1K
- Novo Nordisk$844
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$467
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$450
- plus $4K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,79419%
- Food & beverage$7,33779%
- Education$1962%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 11 | $1,296 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 5 | $1,281 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 48 | $1,221 |
| Novo Nordisk | 66 | $844 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 15 | $467 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 12 | $450 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 18 | $442 |
| Abbott | 21 | $416 |
| Novartis | 21 | $375 |
| Amgen | 19 | $344 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $274 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 19 | $266 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 9 | $204 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $196 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 24 | $149 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 8 | $132 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $107 |
| Merck | 4 | $98 |
| Bayer | 4 | $71 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 3 | $64 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $55 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $46 |
| Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $43 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $42 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $37 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $27 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Agepha Pharma FZ LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $15 |
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
$9,327 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 846 physician assistant providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 69 | $67,906 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 46 | $65,789 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 18 | $14,716 |
| NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe | 14 | $10,246 |
| NexletolBempedoic Acid | 11 | $6,962 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 98 | $2,012 |
| Ezetimibe | 56 | $1,653 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 109 | $1,336 |
| Fenofibrate | 23 | $1,088 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 24 | $853 |
| Pioglitazone Hcl | 38 | $756 |
| Gabapentin | 84 | $725 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 23 | $722 |
| Armodafinil | 12 | $544 |
| Metformin Hcl | 29 | $372 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $844 | $65,78946 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet, Nexletol | $450 | $17,20825 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 846 physician assistant providers in Alabama.
Other physician assistant in Daphne
- Kellie TothDaphne$16K
- Natalie GeorgeBirmingham$540K
- Lauren MillerAnniston$487K
- Brianna BarryEnterprise$29K
- Ashley PeaceMobile$27K
- Andrea WombleHuntsville$22K
- Valerie GoodwinBirmingham$21K
- Marlee BrunoDecatur$19K
- Mary TemplinBirmingham$19K
- Gregory SharpMobile$19K
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.