Melissa Cole
Family · Winston Salem, NCNPI 1578972667
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 240 payments — averaging $29.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Painteq LLC$1K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$1K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Abbott$607
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$536
- Boston Scientific$337
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$330%
- Food & beverage$6,45690%
- Education$70610%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Painteq LLC | 19 | $1,358 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 32 | $1,136 |
| Nevro Corp. | 21 | $1,121 |
| Abbott | 22 | $607 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 35 | $536 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $337 |
| Vertex | 18 | $332 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $297 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $278 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 14 | $266 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 9 | $241 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 9 | $149 |
| AbbVie | 12 | $141 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 4 | $88 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $28 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $25 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
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
$7,194 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,522 family providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 501 | $435,571 |
| Buprenorphine | 385 | $87,310 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 79 | $72,297 |
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 25 | $28,015 |
| Gabapentin | 583 | $14,668 |
| Pregabalin | 279 | $11,623 |
| Diclofenac Epolamine | 18 | $8,693 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 554 | $7,522 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 58 | $7,171 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 16 | $6,249 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 222 | $6,056 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 126 | $5,222 |
| Lidocaine | 76 | $4,548 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 105 | $4,288 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 130 | $2,974 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Belbuca, Xtampza Er, Nucynta | $536 | $535,882605 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USABuprenorphine, Morphine Sulfate | $25 | $87,777401 claims |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc.Movantik | $20 | $6,24916 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 4,522 family providers in North Carolina.
Other family in Winston Salem
- Elena McGintyWinston Salem$28K
- Amy BilickiWinston Salem$12K
- Leslie ByrneFayetteville$482K
- Michele CerraRaleigh$332K
- Anne LakeArchdale$306K
- Carrie PettitRaleigh$298K
- Nicole RothmanDurham$268K
- Meredith LeaYanceyville$253K
- Jennifer GibbsRaleigh$216K
- Juanita PerkinsDurham$213K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.