Melanie Hughes
Family · Huntsville, ALNPI 1760949275
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 143 payments — averaging $16.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$363
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$356
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$225
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$158
- Urovant Sciences Inc$150
- Bayer$141
- plus $976 from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,366100%
- Education$20%
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 | 23 | $363 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 34 | $356 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 14 | $225 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $158 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 9 | $150 |
| Bayer | 7 | $141 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $138 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 4 | $108 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 2 | $92 |
| Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $89 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Halozyme Inc | 3 | $54 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $31 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Abbott | 1 | $26 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $2 |
How this compares
$2,369 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 3,415 family providers in Alabama.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 125 | $3,001 |
| Silodosin | 17 | $1,911 |
| NitrofurantoinNitrofurantoin Macrocrystal | 33 | $1,086 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 21 | $699 |
| Finasteride | 45 | $644 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 13 | $471 |
| Dutasteride | 12 | $363 |
| Cephalexin | 42 | $348 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 12 | $255 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 15 | $70 |
| Fluconazole | 14 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Julia BettsHuntsville$27K
- Joann IkardHuntsville$19K
- Hannah GarnettHuntsville$18K
- Alyssa FikesHuntsville$15K
- Justin WilsonCullman$1.1M
- Molly ReevesAuburn$158K
- Leigh LunaMontgomery$69K
- Christopher LovellMobile$64K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.