Kelly Nelson
Gerontology · Rockville, MDNPI 1225736994
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.1% of the total across 88 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 88 payments — averaging $22.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$393
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$313
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$244
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$150
- Sanofi$132
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$128
- plus $662 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,00499%
- Education$181%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $393 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 14 | $313 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 12 | $244 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 7 | $150 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $132 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $128 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 4 | $120 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $120 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $89 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $89 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $63 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biocon Biologics Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $20 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 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.
- Tremfya$134
How this compares
$2,022 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 108 gerontology providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 16 | $1,007 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gerontology in Rockville
- Kathryn DaileaderRockville$274
- Christi DieterichElkridge$15K
- Megan GessfordLeonardtown$12K
- Valdane RobinsonTowson$10K
- Victoria SinibaldiBaltimore$10K
- Angeline WilliamsCatonsville$6K
- Wingnay CherneskyParkville$5K
- Joyce LamWaldorf$4K
- Eyerusalem HagosEssex$4K
- Rebecca GrochowskiTowson$3K
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.