Melinda Noble
Family · Palmer, AKNPI 1477063568
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 168 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among family clinicians in AK 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 168 payments — averaging $27.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- AbbVie$946
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$557
- Novo Nordisk$492
- Amgen$423
- Lilly USA, LLC$165
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,674100%
- Education$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 40 | $1,004 |
| AbbVie | 34 | $946 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 18 | $557 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $492 |
| Amgen | 12 | $423 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $165 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $147 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 6 | $144 |
| Novartis | 6 | $134 |
| GSK | 4 | $116 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $110 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 4 | $80 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $80 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $65 |
| Bayer | 1 | $33 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $23 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $23 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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
$4,686 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 315 family providers in Alaska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 27 | $32,490 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 21 | $24,474 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 21 | $19,918 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 27 | $16,782 |
| EliquisApixaban | 13 | $16,332 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 14 | $12,944 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 23 | $9,919 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 42 | $2,008 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 19 | $1,937 |
| Gabapentin | 67 | $1,592 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 115 | $1,417 |
| Estradiol | 25 | $1,246 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 25 | $1,145 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 65 | $1,127 |
| Losartan Potassium | 77 | $1,097 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $116 | $32,49027 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $492 | $24,47421 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $1,004 | $19,91821 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $134 | $16,78227 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $147 | $16,33213 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $23 | $9,91923 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $946 | $1,93719 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCOlanzapine | $165 | $59113 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 315 family providers in Alaska.
Other family in Palmer
- Kristen AlcornPalmer$3K
- Jared MartinPalmer$2K
- Darrel FoisterPalmer$1K
- Erica HeagyAnchorage$249K
- Trisha KernodleAnchorage$60K
- Whitney CarlsonSoldotna$16K
- Randi HallSoldotna$16K
- Kristy BloodFairbanks$7K
- Casey BloodFairbanks$7K
- Marisha DietersAnchorage$6K
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.