Caroline Welchman, MD
Obstetrics · Roanoke, VANPI 1104487933
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 40 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $341, more than ten times the $13 reported in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for obstetrics clinicians in VA, where the typical reported total is $804.
Across 40 payments — averaging $22.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$185
- Biogen$112
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$90
- Organon$76
- Bayer$75
- Aspira Women's Health Inc$73
- plus $269 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$881100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 9 | $185 |
| Biogen | 5 | $112 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $90 |
| Organon | 3 | $76 |
| Bayer | 4 | $75 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 2 | $73 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $54 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $47 |
| Merck | 2 | $41 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $34 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $32 |
| Amgen | 2 | $29 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$881 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 41 obstetrics providers in Virginia.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 16 | $1,418 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 14 | $887 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics in Roanoke
- Amanda MurchisonRoanoke$18
- Wade NeimanLynchburg$25K
- Teresa TanNewport News$9K
- Michael GrimesChesapeake$5K
- Bita MotesharreiMc Lean$4K
- Amy PorterFalls Church$3K
- Alexis LightAlexandria$3K
- Susan DauschRichmond$3K
- Michelle BennettNorfolk$3K
- Sharon KimAlexandria$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.