Sierra Thomas
Physician Assistant · Kingsport, TNNPI 1124620190
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 308 payments — averaging $19.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$818
- UCB, Inc.$497
- AstraZeneca$371
- GSK$350
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,74197%
- Education$1553%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 57 | $1,096 |
| AbbVie | 55 | $1,044 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 39 | $818 |
| UCB, Inc. | 28 | $497 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 22 | $371 |
| GSK | 19 | $350 |
| Novartis | 15 | $306 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $216 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $131 |
| Sobi, Inc | 6 | $128 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 7 | $117 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $111 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 5 | $90 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 3 | $77 |
| Sandoz | 4 | $72 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 2 | $53 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $33 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $28 |
| Mylan Institutional Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| USWM, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$5,895 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,404 physician assistant providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 26 | $246,823 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 13 | $99,501 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 122 | $3,586 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 166 | $2,595 |
| Leflunomide | 38 | $2,245 |
| Prednisone | 97 | $1,044 |
| Colchicine | 13 | $800 |
| Azathioprine | 22 | $586 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 13 | $456 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $387 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 22 | $361 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $276 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 33 | $267 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $255 |
| Folic Acid | 41 | $236 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Kingsport
- Sandra McCraryKingsport$17K
- Philip WeatherfordKingsport$16K
- William JohnsonKingsport$13K
- Harold LittleKingsport$13K
- Rachel RiceKingsport$11K
- Lindsey NixKnoxville$576K
- Anna KerseySavannah$399K
- Jason HenryNashville$329K
- Brie ChandlerNashville$317K
- Loree EasleyBartlett$209K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.