Melissa Mickelson
Physician Assistant · Kalamazoo, MINPI 1629185673
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $125,396 of the $168,199 with a category attached, or 74.6%. AbbVie accounts for 99.7% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $93,855 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $67 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in MI 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 196 payments — averaging $858.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$168K
- Merck$131
- Novo Nordisk$73
- Exact Sciences$48
- AstraZeneca$45
- GSK$43
- plus $136 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$125,39675%
- Travel & lodging$39,77324%
- Food & beverage$3,0312%
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 | 173 | $167,723 |
| Merck | 5 | $131 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $73 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $48 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $45 |
| GSK | 2 | $43 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $42 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $20 |
How this compares
$168,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,453 physician assistant providers in Michigan.
Other physician assistant in Kalamazoo
- Sarang PatelRoyal Oak$660K
- Beth SweneyAda$617K
- Zainab JishiCanton$596K
- Taylor HennrickAdrian$430K
- Erin van DykeGrand Rapids$346K
- Ashley AldridgeAnn Arbor$298K
- Derek SusallaRochester Hills$242K
- Gabrielle DamoreRoyal Oak$200K
- Patrick CooneyNew Baltimore$91K
- Melissa JosephGrand Rapids$82K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.