Shannon Huelsman
Physician Assistant · Louisville, KYNPI 1063648467
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 132 payments — averaging $14.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$352
- Pfizer$205
- Novo Nordisk$161
- Boehringer Ingelheim$142
- AstraZeneca$140
- GSK$106
- plus $792 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,897100%
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 | 33 | $352 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $205 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $161 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $142 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $140 |
| GSK | 7 | $106 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 6 | $100 |
| Amgen | 5 | $87 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $65 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $65 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $58 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 1 | $47 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 3 | $43 |
| Merck | 2 | $32 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Qiagen, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
| Novartis | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $15 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,897 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,448 physician assistant providers in Kentucky.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 11 | $95 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Louisville
- Melissa DavisLouisville$362K
- Kara MuddLouisville$98K
- Robert TatumLouisville$29K
- Grace IsaacsLouisville$28K
- Joshua CastlenLouisville$16K
- Erin WaggonerLouisville$14K
- Shelley SchulerLouisville$12K
- Jacquee McNearLouisville$10K
- Kylee DreisbachLouisville$9K
- Emily LutzLouisville$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.