Jenee Wechsler
Acute Care · Augusta, MENPI 1457850968
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.8% of the total across 45 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated at 30.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $649 and has fallen 56.6% since, to $282 in 2025. Among acute care clinicians in ME with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 45 payments — averaging $49.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$679
- Conformis, Inc.$481
- Zimmer Biomet$251
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$235
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$224
- Bioventus LLC$150
- plus $206 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1155%
- Food & beverage$2,11195%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 10 | $679 |
| Conformis, Inc. | 4 | $481 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $251 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 12 | $235 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $224 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $150 |
| Vertex | 4 | $106 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $35 |
| Kairos Surgical Inc | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Identity Imprint CR$259
- Identity Imprint PS$259
- MPO Hip System$224
- Persona$200
- Hip$174
- iTotal, Identity CR$174
- iTotal Identity PS$174
- EXPAREL$120
- Iovera$100
How this compares
$2,226 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 58 acute care providers in Maine.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 61 | $3,694 |
| Meloxicam | 263 | $1,087 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 129 | $856 |
| Lidocaine | 11 | $433 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 35 | $86 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $71 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Augusta
- Krysten MillettAugusta$415
- Chad MerrillAugusta$389
- Samantha BrownAugusta$45
- Jessica WeberPortland$5K
- Carol SwickerBiddeford$4K
- Genevieve MacdonaldPortland$4K
- Kelsey AverillLewiston$2K
- Stacy DipernaSouth Portland$2K
- Elizabeth CloutierLewiston$2K
- Abby HarrellPortland$2K
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.