Arielle Kelly
Medical · Houston, TXNPI 1023623147
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,428 of the $1,993 with a category attached, or 71.7%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 40.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,763 and has fallen 91.9% since, to $144 in 2025.
Across 61 payments — averaging $32.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$808
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$144
- Bigfoot Biomedical Inc$139
- Dexcom, Inc.$129
- Novo Nordisk$90
- Zealand Pharma US, Inc.$75
- plus $609 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$55328%
- Food & beverage$1,42872%
- Education$121%
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 | 11 | $808 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| Bigfoot Biomedical Inc | 2 | $139 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 5 | $129 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $90 |
| Zealand Pharma US, Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 4 | $65 |
| Organon | 1 | $57 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 4 | $51 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Novartis | 3 | $46 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $43 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Intuity Medical Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd | 1 | $20 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Vivus LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 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.
How this compares
$1,993 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 1,490 medical providers in Texas.
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Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.