Sonia Melton
Physician Assistant · Nashville, TNNPI 1184359002
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.2% of the total across 252 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 25.4% of the total. Among physician assistant clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 252 payments — averaging $22.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$1K
- AbbVie$685
- Novartis$481
- UCB, Inc.$462
- Johnson & Johnson$401
- AstraZeneca$336
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,50998%
- Education$1002%
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 | 64 | $1,427 |
| AbbVie | 36 | $685 |
| Novartis | 24 | $481 |
| UCB, Inc. | 24 | $462 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $401 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 16 | $336 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 7 | $332 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $211 |
| Sandoz | 6 | $130 |
| Organon | 5 | $115 |
| GSK | 5 | $101 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $91 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $86 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $85 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $80 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $75 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 3 | $62 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $56 |
| Merck | 2 | $47 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $21 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $17 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$5,609 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 16 | $120,494 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 12 | $85,288 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 333 | $10,905 |
| Leflunomide | 139 | $9,048 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 173 | $4,712 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 14 | $1,533 |
| Prednisone | 212 | $940 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 41 | $869 |
| Sulfasalazine | 33 | $667 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 45 | $573 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 30 | $180 |
| Baclofen | 15 | $179 |
| Folic Acid | 53 | $176 |
| Allopurinol | 20 | $171 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 42 | $149 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Nashville
- Brie ChandlerNashville$317K
- Elisabeth BennettNashville$109K
- John KramerNashville$109K
- Nicholas BarkemeyerNashville$85K
- Rachel ConklinNashville$60K
- Aaron MankinNashville$53K
- Marci KleinrockNashville$39K
- Kevin GriffinNashville$18K
- Walter SimsNashville$18K
- Adele WillisNashville$16K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.