Linda Debalzo
Clinical Nurse Specialist · Beachwood, OHNPI 1639283518
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.6% of the total across 189 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 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,455 and has fallen 52.0% since, to $699 in 2025. Among clinical nurse specialist 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 189 payments — averaging $22.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lundbeck LLC$692
- AbbVie$624
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$464
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$436
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$379
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$363
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,17499%
- Education$591%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lundbeck LLC | 40 | $692 |
| AbbVie | 30 | $624 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 19 | $464 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 10 | $436 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 14 | $379 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 9 | $363 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 23 | $356 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 11 | $255 |
| Corium, LLC | 9 | $200 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $87 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $66 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 4 | $66 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| TMS Neurohealth Centers Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Neuronetics, 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.
How this compares
$4,233 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 97 clinical nurse specialist providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 48 | $1,149 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 31 | $1,137 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 45 | $868 |
| Mirtazapine | 20 | $627 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 12 | $495 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 16 | $462 |
| Desvenlafaxine Succinate ErDesvenlafaxine Succinate | 12 | $396 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 31 | $393 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 18 | $340 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 47 | $308 |
| Clonazepam | 22 | $274 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 12 | $185 |
| Citalopram HbrCitalopram Hydrobromide | 16 | $171 |
| Lamotrigine | 35 | $165 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 41 | $128 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical nurse specialist in Beachwood
- Lois NicholsonBeachwood$467
- Nancy AlbertChesterland$114K
- Frank GargaszBoardman$37K
- Jennifer WoodsAkron$19K
- Nancy BairCleveland$13K
- Maria HeldCleveland$7K
- Rebecca ThomasAkron$6K
- Marie NameyCleveland$5K
- Nancy Hampton-JonesDayton$5K
- Kimberly SprottColumbus$4K
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.