James Mersing
Family Medicine · Reedsville, WVNPI 1003250515
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 85 payments — averaging $15.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$168
- Merck$150
- AstraZeneca$131
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$102
- Lilly USA, LLC$71
- Johnson & Johnson$71
- plus $602 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,294100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $168 |
| Merck | 16 | $150 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $131 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $102 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $71 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $71 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $69 |
| Abbott | 3 | $68 |
| Amgen | 4 | $57 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $51 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 3 | $44 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $34 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Novartis | 2 | $29 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| GSK | 2 | $27 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $25 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $25 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $17 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,294 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 843 family medicine providers in West Virginia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Succinate | 22 | $517 |
| Lisinopril | 23 | $213 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 19 | $178 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 14 | $154 |
| Losartan Potassium | 16 | $140 |
| Omeprazole | 19 | $116 |
| Metformin Hcl | 13 | $97 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $65 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Reedsville
- Wilbur SineMorgantown$179K
- Dorian WilliamsMorgantown$169K
- Julie DetempleSouth Charleston$129K
- Clemente DiazRichwood$127K
- John CornellHuntington$94K
- Mark CucuzzellaHarpers Ferry$59K
- Courtney PilkertonMorgantown$45K
- Isha WoofterClarksburg$27K
- Dominick WoofterClarksburg$27K
- Ryan RunyonPrinceton$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.