Melissa Almond
Physician Assistant · Birmingham, ALNPI 1174524193
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 229 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 39 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 229 payments — averaging $17.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$521
- AbbVie$349
- Boston Scientific$334
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$256
- Pfizer$241
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$239
- plus $2K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,909100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 31 | $521 |
| AbbVie | 31 | $349 |
| Boston Scientific | 21 | $334 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 12 | $256 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $241 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 14 | $239 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 10 | $180 |
| Merck | 10 | $163 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 10 | $137 |
| Amgen | 8 | $121 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $118 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 5 | $109 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 6 | $106 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $85 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 4 | $74 |
| Abbott | 5 | $70 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $65 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Gilead | 1 | $58 |
| Indivior Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $50 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| MML US, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Vertex | 2 | $39 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 2 | $34 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $14 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$3,909 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 846 physician assistant providers in Alabama.
Other physician assistant in Birmingham
- Natalie GeorgeBirmingham$540K
- Valerie GoodwinBirmingham$21K
- Mary TemplinBirmingham$19K
- Marena WindleBirmingham$14K
- Carolyn SmallwoodBirmingham$9K
- Emily DillardBirmingham$9K
- Victoria CarterBirmingham$8K
- Amber JacksonBirmingham$7K
- Lauren MillerAnniston$487K
- Brianna BarryEnterprise$29K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.