Lesley Arnold
Psychiatry · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1750324190
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $8,726 of the $12,009 with a category attached, or 72.7%. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. at 26.7% of the total. Among psychiatry clinicians in OH 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 7 payments — averaging $1715.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$3K
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$3K
- Pfizer$3K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$3K
Across 148 payments — averaging $4115.26 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$387K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$176K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$28K
- Swing Therapeutics, Inc.$15K
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,72673%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,15026%
- Travel & lodging$1331%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $3,206 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $3,150 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $2,903 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $2,750 |
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.
- SUNOSI$2,750
How this compares
$12,009 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,119 psychiatry providers in Ohio.
Other psychiatry in Cincinnati
- Henry NasrallahCincinnati$3.8M
- Paul KeckCincinnati$739K
- Tracey SkaleCincinnati$674K
- Helen FarrellCincinnati$277K
- Caleb AdlerCincinnati$143K
- Velissarios KaracostasCincinnati$56K
- Jeffrey StrawnCincinnati$30K
- John HawkinsCincinnati$30K
- Fred RomeoColumbus$2.3M
- Amita PatelDayton$2.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.