Hermeyone Bell
Nurse Practitioner · Houston, TXNPI 1316005879
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $10,145 of the $16,721 with a category attached, or 60.7%. Viiv Healthcare Company accounts for 84.1% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,060 and has fallen 52.4% since, to $2,884 in 2024. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 175 payments — averaging $95.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$14K
- Janssen Products, LP$873
- Gilead$844
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$278
- Johnson & Johnson$277
- Merck$136
- plus $249 from 6 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $112.57 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$788
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,14561%
- Travel & lodging$1,2247%
- Food & beverage$5,25231%
- Education$1001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 90 | $14,064 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 7 | $873 |
| Gilead | 34 | $844 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 7 | $278 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $277 |
| Merck | 7 | $136 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 6 | $115 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $66 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $14 |
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
$16,721 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,422 nurse practitioner providers in Texas.
Other nurse practitioner in Houston
- Melanie MorrisHouston$254K
- Julie WeatherlyHouston$87K
- Katrina KingHouston$44K
- Allison TurnerHouston$37K
- Tiffany RichardsHouston$37K
- Bianca CaloHouston$36K
- Arby CohenHouston$23K
- Virginia MarxHouston$19K
- Cecilia DavisAustin$262K
- Stephanie BrownHarlingen$235K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.