Jason Meckler, MD
Neurology · Evansville, INNPI 1659351419
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by gifts: $1,335 of the $1,602 with a category attached, or 83.3%. Novartis accounts for 84.3% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,381 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $21 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for neurology clinicians in IN, where the typical reported total is $1,614.
Across 9 payments — averaging $178.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1K
- Ceribell, Inc.$153
- Neurelis, Inc.$21
- AbbVie$18
- Biogen$17
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$16
- plus $26 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$26717%
- Gifts$1,33583%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 2 | $1,351 |
| Ceribell, Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| Biogen | 1 | $17 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
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.
- GILENYA$1,335
- Ceribell Rapid Response EEG$153
How this compares
$1,602 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 308 neurology providers in Indiana.
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 neurology in Evansville
- Roderick WarrenEvansville$296K
- William ConteMerrillville$1.2M
- Anthony SimchakLafayette$720K
- Mark JanickiLebanon$573K
- Ajay GuptaFort Wayne$411K
- Ender AkanMunster$296K
- Christopher WilsonAvon$283K
- Marlene BultemeyerFort Wayne$277K
- Jerry SmarttCarmel$254K
- Andrea HallerFort Wayne$242K
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.