Kelly Ott
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Saint Louis, MONPI 1275734261
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 237 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Avion Pharmaceuticals at 43.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,191 and has fallen 89.0% since, to $131 in 2022.
Across 237 payments — averaging $13.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avion Pharmaceuticals$1K
- AbbVie$510
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$254
- Mission Pharmacal Company$165
- Aspira Women's Health Inc$147
- Novo Nordisk$143
- plus $641 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,26599%
- Education$211%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 126 | $1,427 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 33 | $510 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 17 | $254 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 8 | $165 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 3 | $147 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $143 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 4 | $81 |
| Lupin Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Covidien LP | 2 | $34 |
| Bayer | 2 | $28 |
| Merck | 2 | $27 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $26 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $26 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 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.
- OVA1$105
How this compares
$3,286 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 750 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Missouri.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Saint Louis
- Becky LynnSaint Louis$231K
- Kimberly LemoineSaint Louis$30K
- Kaci DurbinSaint Louis$14K
- Wendi CarnsSaint Louis$14K
- Melissa TepeSaint Louis$11K
- Makeba WilliamsSaint Louis$10K
- David WeinsteinSaint Louis$10K
- Jill ScherbelSaint Louis$9K
- Jennifer SmithSaint Louis$8K
- Juliana VerticchioSaint Louis$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.