Sydney Johnston, PA
Physician Assistant · Lincoln, NENPI 1619502341
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.9% of the total across 170 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Sanofi at 36.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,330, 5.7 times the $234 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in NE 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 170 payments — averaging $20.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi$1K
- AbbVie$501
- AstraZeneca$475
- Lilly USA, LLC$227
- Pfizer$111
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$72
- plus $846 from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,42798%
- Education$722%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi | 54 | $1,266 |
| AbbVie | 38 | $501 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $475 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $227 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $111 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $72 |
| Pharming Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $65 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $62 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Novartis | 3 | $51 |
| Bayer | 4 | $51 |
| Amgen | 3 | $47 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $45 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $35 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $31 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 1 | $13 |
| Organon | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,499 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,127 physician assistant providers in Nebraska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 32 | $20,307 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 16 | $8,537 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 16 | $2,643 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 32 | $885 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 23 | $413 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 48 | $401 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 13 | $385 |
| Lisinopril | 29 | $260 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 18 | $233 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 11 | $208 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 24 | $201 |
| Losartan Potassium | 15 | $201 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 33 | $190 |
| Omeprazole | 14 | $190 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $155 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Lincoln
- Courtney MaresLincoln$13K
- Jacklynn KmentLincoln$10K
- Bethany LambertLincoln$9K
- Kelsey WerginLincoln$8K
- Makayla DoolittleLincoln$7K
- Christina MeyerLincoln$7K
- Ashley JohnsonLincoln$7K
- Shaun RingLincoln$7K
- Katelyn EspinozaLincoln$7K
- Bailee CookLincoln$6K
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.