Shawn Sommerlad, PA
Physician Assistant · Dallas, TXNPI 1689978769
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $36,500 of the $52,648 with a category attached, or 69.3%. ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) accounts for 82.6% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $22,958 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $1,786 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in TX 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 439 payments — averaging $119.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$44K
- Abbott$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Novartis$765
- Merck$426
- Amgen$416
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$36,50069%
- Travel & lodging$5,21910%
- Food & beverage$10,91521%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 62 | $43,508 |
| Abbott | 113 | $4,269 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 65 | $1,125 |
| Novartis | 59 | $765 |
| Merck | 24 | $426 |
| Amgen | 25 | $416 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $408 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 18 | $358 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $238 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $225 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $131 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $124 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $115 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $90 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $81 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 2 | $68 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $16 |
| G Medical Diagnostic Services, Inc. | 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.
- LifeVest$41,819
- MERLIN@HOME$454
- GALLANT$136
- ASSURITY$135
- CardioMEMS HF System$124
- FFRct$121
- JOT DX$105
How this compares
$52,648 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 53 | $46,119 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 43 | $35,259 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 29 | $28,965 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 17 | $24,854 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 34 | $21,359 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 125 | $658 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 116 | $602 |
| Lisinopril | 35 | $502 |
| Ezetimibe | 16 | $487 |
| Chlorthalidone | 26 | $458 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 48 | $395 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 35 | $286 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 32 | $223 |
| Spironolactone | 32 | $207 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 53 | $198 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $408 | $46,11953 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $124 | $35,25943 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $238 | $28,96529 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $1,125 | $24,85417 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $765 | $21,35934 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 8,308 physician assistant providers in Texas.
Other physician assistant in Dallas
- Cynthia TrickettDallas$1.3M
- Michael WhiteDallas$276K
- Sofia NeicherilDallas$62K
- Katherine TurnerDallas$43K
- Tori BurnsDallas$39K
- Suzanne RaczDallas$32K
- Kristine KuceraMelissa$797K
- Selina SantosAustin$543K
- Matthew BrunoMcKinney$538K
- Brooke HodnickSouthlake$479K
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.