Taylor Smith, PA
Physician Assistant · Jackson, TNNPI 1730798240
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.0%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,461, more than ten times the $248 reported in 2022. 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 128 payments — averaging $53.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Teleflex LLC$2K
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$340
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$117
- Endologix LLC$115
- Medline Industries LP$98
- plus $1K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,35149%
- Food & beverage$3,41850%
- Education$631%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 36 | $2,594 |
| Teleflex LLC | 11 | $2,346 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 11 | $340 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 5 | $117 |
| Endologix LLC | 5 | $115 |
| Medline Industries LP | 3 | $98 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $80 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 1 | $80 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 4 | $78 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Merck | 3 | $70 |
| Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $65 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Caris MPI, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $49 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $44 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 2 | $44 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $36 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $23 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Photocure Inc | 1 | $15 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, 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
$6,832 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,404 physician assistant providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 18 | $11,609 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 249 | $3,235 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 45 | $2,192 |
| Silodosin | 14 | $1,867 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 65 | $1,254 |
| Estradiol | 22 | $1,204 |
| Finasteride | 54 | $574 |
| Dutasteride | 26 | $462 |
| Cephalexin | 23 | $209 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 13 | $187 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 29 | $178 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 18 | $175 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 24 | $99 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $64 |
| Naproxen | 11 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Jackson
- Buckley ParkerJackson$12K
- Lindsey NixKnoxville$576K
- Anna KerseySavannah$399K
- Brie ChandlerNashville$317K
- Loree EasleyBartlett$187K
- Katherine RunyanKnoxville$156K
- Robert LaughertyAlcoa$122K
- Elisabeth BennettNashville$109K
- John KramerNashville$109K
- Whitney GatewoodMemphis$104K
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.