Melanie Kirk
Acute Care · Pinehurst, NCNPI 1285972406
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.2% of the total across 195 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 39.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,263 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $31 in 2025. Among acute care clinicians in NC 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 195 payments — averaging $16.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$393
- Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc.$389
- Johnson & Johnson$382
- Pfizer$172
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.$83
- plus $575 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,16296%
- Education$993%
- Gifts$271%
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 | 74 | $1,293 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 25 | $393 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 27 | $389 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $382 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $172 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $80 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $65 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $62 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 2 | $53 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $18 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 1 | $15 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $15 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $14 |
| Organon | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$3,288 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 312 acute care providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 57 | $654 |
| Omeprazole | 36 | $340 |
| Sucralfate | 14 | $159 |
| Famotidine | 16 | $140 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Pinehurst
- Matthew KuhnPinehurst$16K
- Erica TaylorPinehurst$8K
- Danielle ShellmanPinehurst$4K
- Benjamin HocuttGreenville$25K
- Robin TruppApex$14K
- Suzanne HartmannRaleigh$12K
- Leigh CasperSalisbury$12K
- Juliana QuagraineCharlotte$11K
- Sarah GroceGreensboro$10K
- Lauren CowellNew Bern$10K
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.