Kelli Hughes, PA
Surgical · Charlottesville, VANPI 1285304691
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.2%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 65.3% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,953 and has fallen 77.1% since, to $447 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in VA 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 24 payments — averaging $112.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$190
- Sequel Med Tech, LLC$175
- Abbott$155
- Novo Nordisk$116
- Johnson & Johnson$100
- plus $199 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,32549%
- Food & beverage$1,15443%
- Education$2168%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 15 | $1,759 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $190 |
| Sequel Med Tech, LLC | 1 | $175 |
| Abbott | 1 | $155 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $116 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $100 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $79 |
| Taiho Oncology, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Insulet Corporation | 1 | $42 |
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.
- MINIMED 780G$1,526
- TWIIST$175
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$155
- Ozempic$116
How this compares
$2,694 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 201 surgical providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 81 | $144,961 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 74 | $87,641 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 62 | $87,152 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 55 | $86,720 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 15 | $30,649 |
| Omnipod 5 Dexg7g6 Pods (Gen 5)Insulin Pump Cart,auto,bt,g6/7 | 16 | $19,391 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 13 | $15,100 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 25 | $14,556 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 89 | $13,332 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 15 | $13,197 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 13 | $12,023 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 25 | $10,025 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 22 | $9,507 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 22 | $6,549 |
| Insulin Lispro Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 14 | $4,963 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $116 | $175,61196 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $190 | $174,361129 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 201 surgical providers in Virginia.
Other surgical in Charlottesville
- Rebecca LehmanCharlottesville$11K
- Kathryn RobertsonCharlottesville$8K
- Taylor FrickeCharlottesville$6K
- Evan TurnbullCharlottesville$4K
- Michelle PostCharlottesville$1K
- Rosemarie TygerCharlottesville$1K
- Nicole NahmodCharlottesville$1K
- Jeanine GargiuloAlexandria$298K
- Kelly LohmannWoodbridge$88K
- Alan FitchRichmond$66K
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.