Mellissa Gosset
Family · Pawtucket, RINPI 1164052478
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 231 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,717, 8.8 times the $423 reported in 2022. Among family clinicians in RI 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 231 payments — averaging $33.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$2K
- AbbVie$1K
- Abbott$672
- GSK$483
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$476
- Novo Nordisk$443
- plus $3K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,701100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 41 | $1,730 |
| AbbVie | 39 | $1,247 |
| Abbott | 5 | $672 |
| GSK | 21 | $483 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 9 | $476 |
| Novo Nordisk | 12 | $443 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 12 | $316 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $288 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 4 | $198 |
| Amgen | 8 | $195 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $177 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $171 |
| Bayer | 10 | $165 |
| Exact Sciences | 8 | $163 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $129 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $124 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $96 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $71 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $42 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $40 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Novartis | 1 | $28 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $21 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$7,701 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 457 family providers in Rhode Island.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 124 | $86,557 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 92 | $65,799 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 73 | $63,084 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 58 | $51,494 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 28 | $47,403 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 42 | $42,610 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 50 | $38,761 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 21 | $25,641 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 35 | $22,802 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 19 | $16,321 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 35 | $14,097 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 20 | $11,943 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 17 | $10,966 |
| RestasisCyclosporine | 13 | $8,690 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 55 | $7,804 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $288 | $86,557124 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $1,730 | $79,781111 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Glyxambi | $40 | $74,67889 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $483 | $73,367112 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $443 | $47,40328 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $129 | $42,61042 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon, Restasis | $1,247 | $42,45865 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $21 | $38,76150 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $25 | $25,64121 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 457 family providers in Rhode Island.
Other family in Pawtucket
- Carol RobinsonWarwick$82K
- Mark ClarkeSmithfield$37K
- Olga FedorenkoCoventry$24K
- Alicia VatterWarwick$15K
- Kaleigh RapozaJohnston$14K
- David RamosRiverside$14K
- Sharon BensonNorth Smithfield$12K
- Michelle Blade MelloWest Warwick$12K
- Shrenik VyasLincoln$11K
- Hollie ColucciWest Warwick$11K
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.