Megan Joseph
Adult Health · Columbus, OHNPI 1952880593
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.5% of the total across 434 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 28.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,352, 8.9 times the $265 reported in 2021. Among adult health clinicians in OH 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 434 payments — averaging $17.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Amgen$1K
- AstraZeneca$726
- Johnson & Johnson$711
- UCB, Inc.$682
- Novartis$570
- plus $2K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,65699%
- Education$1141%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 139 | $2,249 |
| Amgen | 76 | $1,210 |
| AstraZeneca | 33 | $726 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 34 | $711 |
| UCB, Inc. | 39 | $682 |
| Novartis | 29 | $570 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 22 | $463 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 21 | $388 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 13 | $238 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $168 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 5 | $132 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 2 | $59 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $52 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Mylan Institutional Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sandoz | 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
$7,770 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,184 adult health 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 48 | $447,273 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 31 | $256,612 |
| Leflunomide | 119 | $6,739 |
| Gabapentin | 378 | $6,491 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 176 | $6,478 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 300 | $5,543 |
| Pregabalin | 192 | $5,009 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 194 | $2,770 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 114 | $2,155 |
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 16 | $1,554 |
| Cevimeline Hcl | 17 | $1,500 |
| Febuxostat | 11 | $1,452 |
| Colchicine | 27 | $1,192 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 95 | $1,049 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 45 | $942 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other adult health in Columbus
- Lucretia LongColumbus$76K
- Marybeth RivardColumbus$41K
- Constance Nicastro-BowmanColumbus$28K
- Michelle MormileColumbus$22K
- Kathleen MooreColumbus$17K
- Laura PopelarColumbus$17K
- James BetzColumbus$15K
- Mollie MoranColumbus$11K
- Jennifer ObrienColumbus$9K
- Karin AndersonColumbus$8K
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.