Melissa Howey
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 159 payments — averaging $18.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$609
- Novo Nordisk$302
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$277
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$226
- Bayer$153
- Organon$149
- plus $1K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,881100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 44 | $609 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $302 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 12 | $277 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 17 | $226 |
| Bayer | 10 | $153 |
| Organon | 11 | $149 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 10 | $140 |
| GSK | 1 | $121 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 6 | $104 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 5 | $90 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $89 |
| Biogen | 3 | $62 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Dysis Medical, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $33 |
| Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $27 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $24 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $22 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| Pelvital USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$2,881 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 809 family providers in Nebraska.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| DottiEstradiol | 18 | $569 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 11 | $285 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Omaha
- Stephanie SimonOmaha$157K
- Rebecca NewberryOmaha$156K
- Angela CraigOmaha$35K
- Laura FalconeOmaha$26K
- Brittany MatneyOmaha$14K
- Sara LegleiterOmaha$12K
- Jasper KaufmanOmaha$10K
- Stacy NiemiOmaha$10K
- Amy RuddickOmaha$10K
- Michaela AbbottOmaha$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.