Melissa Chapel
Family · Augusta, GANPI 1407224819
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 153 payments — averaging $22.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$973
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$382
- IBSA Pharma Inc.$307
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$228
- Globus Medical$197
- Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$159
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,40399%
- Education$211%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 35 | $973 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 18 | $382 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 15 | $307 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 11 | $228 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $197 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11 | $159 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $152 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 8 | $135 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 2 | $116 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $84 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $65 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 5 | $63 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $61 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $55 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $36 |
| Abbott | 2 | $31 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| Vertex | 1 | $20 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Prolate$408
- Intracept$213
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$150
- Nalocet$102
How this compares
$3,424 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 6,258 family providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine | 28 | $5,754 |
| Pregabalin | 305 | $5,428 |
| Gabapentin | 306 | $3,355 |
| Lidocaine | 37 | $3,292 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 158 | $2,369 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 31 | $2,219 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 206 | $1,659 |
| Tramadol Hcl ErTramadol Hcl | 27 | $1,617 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 82 | $913 |
| Methylprednisolone | 125 | $770 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 82 | $727 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 54 | $663 |
| Dexamethasone | 51 | $629 |
| Celecoxib | 22 | $522 |
| Methocarbamol | 79 | $518 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USABuprenorphine | $36 | $5,75428 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 85th percentile of 6,258 family providers in Georgia.
Other family in Augusta
- Stephanie JacobsonAugusta$24K
- Clovalyn Jeffrey-McgannAugusta$19K
- Victoria BurtAugusta$15K
- Gloria DowneyAugusta$14K
- Joni SmithAugusta$14K
- Allie McAllisterMarietta$299K
- Tonita WashingtonLawrenceville$153K
- Erin HenryLawrenceville$135K
- Trisha RomanPeachtree City$134K
- Lori ReedMarietta$106K
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.