Taylor Bixby
Physician Assistant · Charlotte, NCNPI 1689217077
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 127 payments — averaging $17.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$412
- Medtronic$337
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$235
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$197
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$146
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$116
- plus $828 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,263100%
- Education$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 49 | $412 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $337 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 12 | $235 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 15 | $197 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $116 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 9 | $111 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $111 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $66 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $52 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 2 | $31 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Merck | 2 | $24 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$150
- Prospera$146
How this compares
$2,272 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 761 | $29,357 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 53 | $26,707 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 829 | $25,030 |
| Pregabalin | 415 | $13,795 |
| Hydromorphone ErHydromorphone Hcl | 31 | $10,671 |
| Buprenorphine | 39 | $9,582 |
| Lidocaine | 71 | $9,561 |
| Gabapentin | 474 | $8,298 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 378 | $8,075 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 11 | $7,503 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 108 | $6,391 |
| Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl | 86 | $5,578 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 336 | $5,450 |
| Fentanyl | 54 | $5,246 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 146 | $2,652 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Charlotte
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Kristin CabedaCharlotte$135K
- Meghan EmigCharlotte$124K
- Juleidy TurnipseedCharlotte$84K
- Erin SiceloffCharlotte$50K
- Ronald RodriguezCharlotte$31K
- Lamiaa TolbaCharlotte$29K
- Sanaya GandhiCharlotte$29K
- Jacqueline LeyrerCharlotte$24K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.