Melanie Ellers
Nurse Practitioner · Thornton, CONPI 1558786293
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,462 of the $7,320 with a category attached, or 88.3%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 30.8% of the total. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in CO 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 211 payments — averaging $34.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- AbbVie$2K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$1K
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$637
- Abbott$252
- Pfizer$219
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$80411%
- Food & beverage$6,46288%
- Education$541%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 40 | $2,254 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 75 | $1,510 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 29 | $1,406 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 8 | $637 |
| Abbott | 2 | $252 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $219 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 6 | $163 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 8 | $159 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 5 | $118 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 5 | $97 |
| Painteq LLC | 2 | $67 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $38 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $20 |
| Vertex | 1 | $16 |
| Nevro Corp. | 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.
- Intracept$1,771
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$902
- Evoke$809
- SYNCHROMEDII$398
- ETERNA$252
- Evoke SCS$106
How this compares
$7,320 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,384 nurse practitioner providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 107 | $25,541 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 23 | $25,515 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 14 | $23,641 |
| ZubsolvBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 16 | $13,764 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 12 | $13,686 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 19 | $12,287 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 28 | $10,156 |
| RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide | 11 | $10,135 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 12 | $9,124 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 208 | $7,035 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 16 | $6,322 |
| SuboxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 12 | $5,136 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 171 | $4,537 |
| Pregabalin | 98 | $2,528 |
| Gabapentin | 107 | $2,054 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Nucynta, Xtampza Er, Belbuca | $66 | $46,92654 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt | $219 | $23,64114 claims |
| AbbVieQulipta | $1,510 | $13,68612 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCRelistor | $159 | $10,13511 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. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,384 nurse practitioner providers in Colorado.
Other nurse practitioner in Thornton
- Tiffany LanfordThornton$6K
- Maryem KianinejadThornton$5K
- Deborah HinnenColorado Springs$388K
- Christina HansonLone Tree$381K
- Kara HartPueblo$142K
- Amy SidorskiAurora$97K
- Lori WenzGrand Junction$54K
- Lisa KeithColorado Springs$52K
- Victoria SegroEnglewood$29K
- Christina ProulxDenver$28K
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.