Kelly Papesh
Family · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1386181782
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.9%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC at 36.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $10,446 and has fallen 50.4% since, to $5,176 in 2025. Among family clinicians in NV with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 183 payments — averaging $154.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC$10K
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$5K
- AbbVie$5K
- Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.$4K
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$1K
- Abbott$1K
- plus $2K from 16 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $15,500 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.
- AbbVie$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,08518%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,65952%
- Travel & lodging$7873%
- Food & beverage$7,71827%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 33 | $10,272 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 23 | $5,294 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 38 | $4,598 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 7 | $3,797 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 24 | $1,452 |
| Abbott | 10 | $1,028 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 9 | $428 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $326 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 2 | $281 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 6 | $191 |
| Biogen | 6 | $118 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 5 | $80 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Novartis | 2 | $48 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $38 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $33 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Amgen | 1 | $26 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$28,248 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,501 family providers in Nevada.
Other family in Las Vegas
- Hollie TylerLas Vegas$118K
- John PhoenixLas Vegas$107K
- Jon FaillaLas Vegas$74K
- Alex LapasaranLas Vegas$50K
- Erin WilkinsonLas Vegas$43K
- Anna Melisa Lopez-SanglayLas Vegas$42K
- Bernard BlanksLas Vegas$26K
- Hillary DursteinLas Vegas$21K
- Victoria HughesLas Vegas$19K
- Anuradha ThirumalaiLas Vegas$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.