Whitney Burton
Physician Assistant · Pikeville, KYNPI 1003180571
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 123 payments — averaging $15.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$377
- Novartis$361
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$263
- Merck$174
- Cvrx, Inc.$150
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$113
- plus $460 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,898100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $377 |
| Novartis | 26 | $361 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 9 | $263 |
| Merck | 11 | $174 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 12 | $150 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $113 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 5 | $75 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $73 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $61 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $42 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $39 |
| Amgen | 3 | $38 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $24 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Stryker | 1 | $14 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,898 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,448 physician assistant providers in Kentucky.
Other physician assistant in Pikeville
- Brandice HarrisonLexington$745K
- Lauren MeadeLexington$656K
- Melissa DavisLouisville$362K
- Kara MuddLouisville$98K
- Seth KingBowling Green$91K
- Marty MullinsHazard$63K
- Lauri GarnerVersailles$33K
- Robert TatumLouisville$29K
- Michelle JonesLexington$29K
- Grace IsaacsLouisville$28K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.