Gwendolyn Welsh
Family Medicine · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1225395247
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 156 payments — averaging $11.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$242
- Lilly USA, LLC$190
- AbbVie$179
- Pfizer$177
- Amgen$112
- Merck$105
- plus $753 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,751100%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $242 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 28 | $190 |
| AbbVie | 18 | $179 |
| Pfizer | 24 | $177 |
| Amgen | 7 | $112 |
| Merck | 8 | $105 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $98 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $85 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $82 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $76 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $66 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $56 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| GSK | 4 | $54 |
| Gilead | 3 | $40 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,757 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 3,983 family medicine providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 52 | $59,799 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 34 | $47,119 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 45 | $43,527 |
| EliquisApixaban | 27 | $25,467 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 28 | $20,697 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $14,266 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 16 | $13,869 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 12 | $5,703 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 21 | $5,537 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 15 | $3,741 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 219 | $1,814 |
| Nano 2nd Gen Pen NeedlePen Needle, Diabetic | 15 | $1,619 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 93 | $1,293 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 31 | $828 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 83 | $827 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Stiolto Respimat | $76 | $65,50264 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $56 | $47,11934 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $190 | $43,52745 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $177 | $25,46727 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $54 | $20,69728 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $82 | $14,26611 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 70th percentile of 3,983 family medicine providers in Ohio.
Other family medicine in Cincinnati
- Michael ButcherCincinnati$18.3M
- Paul NugentCincinnati$4.9M
- Rajesh DavitCincinnati$2M
- Michael HeileCincinnati$272K
- Michael NossCincinnati$265K
- Amy MechleyCincinnati$120K
- Melissa SchroerCincinnati$116K
- William CoxCincinnati$52K
- Frank PerrinoCincinnati$49K
- Sean LyndCincinnati$46K
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.