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Sydney Younts

Physician Assistant · Johnson City, TNNPI 1649947383

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 378 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 43 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,247 and has fallen 74.1% since, to $583 in 2025. 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.

$5,798in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 378 payments — averaging $15.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AbbVie$1K
  • Novo Nordisk$1K
  • Lilly USA, LLC$546
  • AstraZeneca$532
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$306
  • Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$270
  • plus $2K from 37 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$5,75399%
  • Education$451%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
AbbVie85$1,046
Novo Nordisk75$1,015
Lilly USA, LLC31$546
AstraZeneca30$532
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.19$306
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.16$270
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.10$181
Bausch Health US, LLC9$163
Lundbeck LLC10$152
Dexcom, Inc.8$141
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.6$100
Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC5$95
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4$85
Novartis4$78
Exact Sciences5$78
Amgen6$77
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc4$75
Merck4$73
Antares Pharma, Inc.5$71
Mylan Specialty L.p.5$69
Pfizer3$53
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.3$50
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.2$50
Inogen, Inc.3$45
Tris Pharma Inc2$38
Shield Therapeutics Inc2$38
Boehringer Ingelheim2$36
Almatica Pharma LLC2$34
Johnson & Johnson2$31
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$31
Astellas Pharma US Inc1$30
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.2$25
Ardelyx, Inc.1$24
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.1$20
Sanofi1$18
Alkermes, Inc.1$18
Bayer1$17
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.1$16
Amarin Pharma, Inc.1$15
Halozyme Inc1$14
Cipher Pharmaceuticals US LLC1$14
IBSA Pharma Inc.1$14
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA1$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

$5,798 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,404 physician assistant providers in Tennessee.

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Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate19$498
Tizanidine Hcl13$247
Ondansetron OdtOndansetron11$197
Oxycodone Hcl11$196
Gabapentin24$193
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen16$191
Fluticasone Propionate15$174
Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst17$155
Cefdinir12$148
Levothyroxine Sodium24$115
Methylprednisolone22$104
Azithromycin11$82
Losartan Potassium11$80
Alprazolam16$57
Amlodipine Besylate15$36

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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