Merle Lawter, APRN
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Saint George, UTNPI 1518680214
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 24 payments — averaging $21.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$151
- AbbVie$78
- Johnson & Johnson$69
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$55
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$47
- Alkermes, Inc.$45
- plus $67 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$512100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 5 | $151 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $78 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $69 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $19 |
How this compares
$512 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 393 psychiatric/mental health providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atomoxetine Hcl | 20 | $2,134 |
| Mirtazapine | 30 | $632 |
| Memantine Hcl | 29 | $403 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 29 | $392 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 26 | $368 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 12 | $349 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 29 | $334 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 19 | $240 |
| Guanfacine Hcl ErGuanfacine Hcl | 15 | $218 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 16 | $200 |
| Aripiprazole | 18 | $192 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 21 | $148 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 16 | $112 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 13 | $67 |
| Gabapentin | 15 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Saint George
- Alberto SouzaSaint George$114K
- Paige MarshallSaint George$13K
- Jacob RobertsSaint George$5K
- Lori JardineSaint George$4K
- Clint MartineauSaint George$3K
- Bret HafenLayton$381K
- Anthony BrowningOrem$32K
- Debra HainRiverton$29K
- Kristin BarberSalt Lake City$28K
- Briana TerrySalt Lake City$14K
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.