Sierra Ferguson, PA
Physician Assistant · Wichita, KSNPI 1215286802
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (33.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Inari Medical, Inc. accounts for 71.8% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $14,673 and has fallen 92.6% since, to $1,083 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in KS 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 147 payments — averaging $169.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$18K
- Medtronic$4K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$744
- Philips North America LLC$294
- AstraZeneca$108
- plus $275 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,80019%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,25033%
- Travel & lodging$5,41922%
- Food & beverage$6,45026%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 49 | $17,894 |
| Medtronic | 56 | $4,340 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 16 | $1,264 |
| Stryker | 10 | $744 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $294 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $108 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $69 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Abbott | 2 | $46 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $36 |
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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$17,617
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$17,231
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,547
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,500
- AlphaVac$646
- Nanoknife$243
- INCEPTIV$154
- ANDEXXA$108
How this compares
$24,919 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,016 physician assistant providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 29 | $170 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Wichita
- Ashton YoungersWichita$14K
- Therese SchrandtWichita$13K
- Mike HallWichita$13K
- Jenny MartensWichita$13K
- Shanna SudermanWichita$13K
- Megan HolickWichita$12K
- Colleen YoungWichita$11K
- Kathleen Dang-PhamWichita$11K
- Trinh HoangWichita$11K
- Emma WingertWichita$10K
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.