Melissa Bramante
Nurse Practitioner · Columbia, SCNPI 1720725419
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (31.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 54.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $12,737 and has fallen 67.9% since, to $4,085 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in SC 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 209 payments — averaging $88.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$10K
- Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC$5K
- Eisai Inc.$2K
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$611
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$558
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$233
- plus $429 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,65020%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,78831%
- Travel & lodging$5,08927%
- Food & beverage$3,77320%
- Education$2982%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 98 | $10,210 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 23 | $4,788 |
| Eisai Inc. | 16 | $1,768 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 30 | $611 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 14 | $558 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 9 | $233 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $158 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $105 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $36 |
| Merck | 2 | $27 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Resmed Corp | 1 | $16 |
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
$18,599 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,346 nurse practitioner providers in South Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| WakixPitolisant Hcl | 22 | $231,327 |
| SunosiSolriamfetol Hcl | 28 | $23,252 |
| BelsomraSuvorexant | 26 | $12,118 |
| Modafinil | 103 | $12,045 |
| NeuproRotigotine | 13 | $10,512 |
| Armodafinil | 42 | $2,185 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 62 | $2,088 |
| Gabapentin | 92 | $898 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 61 | $772 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 130 | $713 |
| Clonazepam | 129 | $613 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate ErZolpidem Tartrate | 11 | $564 |
| Eszopiclone | 70 | $542 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 21 | $481 |
| Zaleplon | 30 | $475 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harmony Biosciences LLCWakix | $233 | $231,32722 claims |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.Sunosi | $611 | $23,25228 claims |
| MerckBelsomra | $27 | $12,11826 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 1,346 nurse practitioner providers in South Carolina.
Other nurse practitioner in Columbia
- Tonya MeltonColumbia$11K
- Andrea OatesColumbia$9K
- Meredith WatsonColumbia$9K
- Kimberly WillisColumbia$8K
- Leigh DavisColumbia$7K
- David WiltGreenville$90K
- Whitney ReedCharleston$54K
- Mary JohnsonCharleston$34K
- Amanda HareCharleston$30K
- Kellie McLainCharleston$28K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.