Sydney McCool
Physician Assistant · Louisville, KYNPI 1063014553
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 72 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $875 and has fallen 97.2% since, to $24 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $22.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$282
- Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company$268
- Seagen Inc.$165
- Puma Biotechnology, Inc.$121
- AstraZeneca$89
- Merck$79
- plus $622 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,626100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 12 | $282 |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company | 11 | $268 |
| Seagen Inc. | 8 | $165 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 5 | $121 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $89 |
| Merck | 4 | $79 |
| Novartis | 3 | $58 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Coherus Oncology, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $49 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $39 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| EUSA Pharma (US) LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Array Biopharma Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Beigene USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$1,626 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,448 physician assistant providers in Kentucky.
Other physician assistant in Louisville
- Melissa DavisLouisville$362K
- Kara MuddLouisville$98K
- Robert TatumLouisville$29K
- Grace IsaacsLouisville$28K
- Joshua CastlenLouisville$16K
- Erin WaggonerLouisville$14K
- Shelley SchulerLouisville$12K
- Jacquee McNearLouisville$10K
- Kylee DreisbachLouisville$9K
- Emily LutzLouisville$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.