William Carlson
Physician Assistant · Cleveland, NCNPI 1396766721
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 648 payments — averaging $16.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$1K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$712
- Novartis$520
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$519
- plus $5K from 42 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,459100%
- Education$250%
- Entertainment$130%
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.
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.
- QULIPTA$247
- Senza$226
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$128
- UBRELVY$122
- NURTEC ODT$104
How this compares
$10,498 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 217 | $135,354 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 593 | $87,118 |
| Levorphanol Tartrate | 12 | $64,875 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 61 | $43,326 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 21 | $37,618 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 47 | $36,411 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 1,112 | $25,862 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 725 | $23,332 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 15 | $21,575 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 19 | $13,016 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 21 | $12,289 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 349 | $11,645 |
| LyricaPregabalin | 12 | $9,972 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 22 | $8,907 |
| Lidocaine | 57 | $8,080 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er, Belbuca | $712 | $171,765264 claims |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLCLevorphanol Tartrate | $81 | $64,87512 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt, Lyrica | $126 | $47,59033 claims |
| AbbVieUbrelvy, Linzess | $1,028 | $33,86436 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $181 | $13,01619 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USABuprenorphine, Morphine Sulfate, Buprenorphine Hcl | $183 | $12,132139 claims |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc.Movantik | $258 | $8,90722 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 7,441 physician assistant providers in North Carolina.
Other physician assistant in Cleveland
- Jo HughesGreensboro$814K
- Rachel HolzhauerCharlotte$739K
- Amber BlairCharlotte$551K
- Benjamin EpsteinDavidson$447K
- Rebecca KrausDavidson$425K
- Brooke JonesGoldsboro$259K
- Philip ReasbeckWilson$180K
- Katherine SchultzHuntersville$164K
- Kristin CabedaCharlotte$135K
- Jay ClarkeArden$133K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.