Lindsay Malatesta
Neuromuscular Medicine · Nashville, TNNPI 1629430996
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $18,931 of the $24,463 with a category attached, or 77.4%. AstraZeneca accounts for 75.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $19,114, more than ten times the $40 reported in 2022.
Across 58 payments — averaging $421.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$18K
- Biogen$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- UCB, Inc.$725
- Argenx US, Inc.$250
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$172
- plus $119 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,93177%
- Travel & lodging$3,00112%
- Food & beverage$2,3119%
- Education$2191%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 39 | $18,344 |
| Biogen | 4 | $2,526 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $2,327 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $725 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 2 | $250 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $172 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $119 |
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.
- ULTOMIRIS$17,096
- VYVGART HYTRULO$180
- Rystiggo$151
How this compares
Too few neuromuscular medicine providers in Tennesseeto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VyvgartEfgartigimod Alfa-Fcab | 18 | $649,518 |
| SkyclarysOmaveloxolone | 12 | $374,782 |
| Radicava OrsEdaravone | 25 | $355,484 |
| RelyvrioSod Phenylbutyrat/Taurursodiol | 11 | $144,015 |
| Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov50 | 13 | $130,136 |
| Riluzole | 68 | $11,626 |
| Pyridostigmine Bromide ErPyridostigmine Bromide | 14 | $6,614 |
| Pyridostigmine Bromide | 82 | $6,035 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 15 | $5,150 |
| Azathioprine | 23 | $2,801 |
| Prednisone | 110 | $2,060 |
| Glycopyrrolate | 26 | $1,361 |
| Atropine Sulfate | 44 | $1,354 |
| Gabapentin | 49 | $1,177 |
| Baclofen | 53 | $1,167 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Argenx US, Inc.Vyvgart | $250 | $649,51818 claims |
| BiogenSkyclarys | $2,526 | $374,78212 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. There are too few neuromuscular medicine providers in Tennesseeon file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other neuromuscular medicine in Nashville
- Amanda PeltierNashville$235K
- Peter DonofrioNashville$47K
- Stephen LayfieldNashville$2K
- Madhura LayfieldNashville$2K
- John SturgisNashville$1K
- Christopher LeeNashville$379
- Lauren HerreraNashville$69
- Joshua AlpersChattanooga$623K
- Daniel Guillen MendozaMemphis$65K
- Elena CaronMemphis$2K
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.