Melissa Kooistra, PA
Physician Assistant · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1346260007
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 48 payments — averaging $15.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$270
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$90
- Amgen$75
- Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$73
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$56
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$43
- plus $137 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$743100%
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(2 entities) | 20 | $270 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| Amgen | 5 | $75 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 5 | $73 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $43 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $32 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $20 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $19 |
How this compares
$743 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 5,453 physician assistant providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 324 | $6,307 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 128 | $4,036 |
| Fentanyl | 38 | $3,200 |
| Pregabalin | 81 | $1,580 |
| Gabapentin | 105 | $1,499 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 43 | $1,091 |
| Methadone Hcl | 45 | $606 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 67 | $498 |
| Baclofen | 33 | $397 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 15 | $379 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 30 | $371 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 37 | $312 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 33 | $238 |
| Methocarbamol | 17 | $192 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 12 | $106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Melissa JosephGrand Rapids$82K
- Matthew SchultzGrand Rapids$49K
- Shannon ToddGrand Rapids$32K
- Patrick HandlinGrand Rapids$28K
- John MulderGrand Rapids$27K
- Ginger BiesbrockGrand Rapids$25K
- Matthew ZoetemanGrand Rapids$23K
- Aaron ZarnoskyGrand Rapids$22K
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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.