Winston Petersen
Physician Assistant · Twin Falls, IDNPI 1194714717
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,276 of the $2,076 with a category attached, or 61.5%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 41.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,512 and has fallen 86.4% since, to $206 in 2023.
Across 78 payments — averaging $26.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$860
- AbbVie$202
- Lilly USA, LLC$191
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$138
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$131
- Merck$97
- plus $458 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$80039%
- Food & beverage$1,27661%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $860 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $202 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $191 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 10 | $138 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $131 |
| Merck | 7 | $97 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $70 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $66 |
| Abbott | 3 | $58 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $33 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $23 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $22 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- NURTEC ODT$800
How this compares
$2,076 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,027 physician assistant providers in Idaho.
Other physician assistant in Twin Falls
- Brian BizikTwin Falls$81K
- Benjamin KernsBoise$100K
- Autumn HeumanBoise$28K
- James WalkerNampa$21K
- Melissa McClenahanMeridian$19K
- Kimberly PortchCoeur D Alene$17K
- Arthur NeaseMeridian$16K
- Chase BealBurley$16K
- Alexander ArhetsMeridian$14K
- Tyler PondIdaho Falls$13K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.