Johanna Hamel, MD
Neurology · Rochester, NYNPI 1760737829
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $5,188 of the $5,416 with a category attached, or 95.8%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Vertex. 2024 is the largest year on record at $3,258, 4.1 times the $800 reported in 2022.
Across 7 payments — averaging $773.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vertex$5K
Across 33 payments — averaging $7516.83 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.
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$240K
- Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.$8K
- Vertex$65
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,18896%
- Travel & lodging$2114%
- Food & beverage$170%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex | 7 | $5,416 |
How this compares
$5,416 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,623 neurology providers in New York.
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 Rochester
- Jacob DominikRochester$216K
- Idan SharonBrooklyn$2.1M
- Allan PerelStaten Island$1.7M
- Nicolas SaikaliAmherst$1.5M
- David KreitzmanCommack$1.5M
- Charles ArgoffAlbany$1.2M
- Stephen KriegerNew York$1.1M
- Robert FeketeHawthorne$1M
- Jennifer McVigeAmherst$982K
- Warren SpinnerPort Jefferson Station$791K
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.