Dennis Powless
Adult Health · Kalamazoo, MINPI 1548596455
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 19 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 32.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $193 and has fallen 82.0% since, to $35 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for adult health clinicians in MI, where the typical reported total is $361.
Across 19 payments — averaging $17.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$108
- Merck$82
- Boehringer Ingelheim$37
- Novartis$36
- AbbVie$23
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$16
- plus $31 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$334100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $108 |
| Merck | 5 | $82 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $37 |
| Novartis | 2 | $36 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $23 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $16 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$334 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 527 adult health providers in Michigan.
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.
Other adult health in Kalamazoo
- Mary KaiserKalamazoo$12K
- Tracie WhiteKalamazoo$4K
- Jacqueline BrewerSterling Heights$138K
- Linda Morris McCoyGrand Rapids$59K
- Sarita RaoCanton$51K
- Susanne QuallichAnn Arbor$42K
- Nancy BermanSouthfield$39K
- Michelle MillerQuincy$24K
- Deniene KingAnn Arbor$14K
- Adama JohnsonEastpointe$14K
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.