William Cotton
Physician Assistant · Fayetteville, NCNPI 1891802039
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 353 payments — averaging $21.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$918
- Novartis$905
- Johnson & Johnson$875
- Merck$699
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$517
- AstraZeneca$511
- plus $3K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,49298%
- Education$1512%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 29 | $918 |
| Novartis | 58 | $905 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 31 | $875 |
| Merck | 42 | $699 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 30 | $517 |
| AstraZeneca | 29 | $511 |
| Amgen | 23 | $436 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 21 | $430 |
| Pfizer | 15 | $237 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $229 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $226 |
| Preventric Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $192 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $168 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $142 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $132 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $132 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $109 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 3 | $60 |
| Bayer | 3 | $56 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $28 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $21 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Vivaquant Inc, Dba Rhythm Express | 1 | $9 |
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
$7,644 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 77 | $74,812 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 31 | $32,350 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 15 | $17,159 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 12 | $15,816 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 11 | $14,632 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 14 | $12,426 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 61 | $3,022 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 215 | $1,509 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 68 | $830 |
| Nitroglycerin | 42 | $479 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 46 | $423 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 40 | $296 |
| Cilostazol | 12 | $233 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 14 | $205 |
| Atenolol | 11 | $180 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $237 | $74,81277 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $511 | $29,58629 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $918 | $15,81612 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $905 | $14,63211 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 Fayetteville
- Peter KalogerinisFayetteville$78K
- 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
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.