Meshia Wallace, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Opelika, ALNPI 1659635472
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $13,402 of the $21,547 with a category attached, or 62.2%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 30.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,222, 6.1 times the $1,843 reported in 2019. Among pulmonary disease clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 634 payments — averaging $33.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- GSK$4K
- AstraZeneca$3K
- Sanofi$2K
- Grifols USA, LLC$1K
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$935
- plus $4K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5817%
- Travel & lodging$1,0305%
- Food & beverage$13,40262%
- Education$5,53426%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 10 | $6,664 |
| GSK | 226 | $3,886 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 137 | $3,321 |
| Sanofi | 13 | $1,858 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 44 | $1,009 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 43 | $935 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 21 | $643 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 23 | $496 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 12 | $387 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 16 | $345 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $292 |
| Philips North America LLC | 11 | $221 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 8 | $191 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 8 | $162 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 12 | $134 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $125 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 5 | $121 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 6 | $116 |
| Amgen | 5 | $116 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 4 | $94 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 3 | $49 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $45 |
| Gilead | 2 | $39 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$6,500
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$436
- UPTRAVI$247
- OPSUMIT$247
- NUCALA$240
- FASENRA$230
- BREZTRI$132
- DUPIXENT$125
- ELIQUIS$125
- AREXVY$124
- PULMICORT RESPULES$118
- SYMBICORT$118
- BEVESPI AEROSPHERE$118
- Vascepa$106
- AIRSUPRA$102
How this compares
$21,547 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 215 pulmonary disease providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OpsumitMacitentan | 51 | $648,438 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 752 | $528,633 |
| OfevNintedanib Esylate | 25 | $322,038 |
| Prolastin CAlpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor | 25 | $231,595 |
| Fasenra PenBenralizumab | 30 | $166,610 |
| NucalaMepolizumab | 33 | $118,691 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 109 | $83,480 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 20 | $72,859 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 18 | $65,390 |
| TezspireTezepelumab-Ekko | 12 | $53,214 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 79 | $46,891 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 57 | $28,710 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 52 | $24,520 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 45 | $24,473 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 46 | $12,781 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Nucala, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $3,886 | $711,604919 claims |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Opsumit | $935 | $648,43851 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimOfev, Spiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $496 | $393,402149 claims |
| Grifols USA, LLCProlastin C | $1,009 | $231,59525 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Tezspire, Symbicort | $3,321 | $149,476167 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $125 | $8,71115 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 90th percentile of 215 pulmonary disease providers in Alabama.
Other pulmonary disease in Opelika
- Gaeton LorinoOpelika$9K
- William SaliskiMontgomery$257K
- Emily RehbergSylacauga$166K
- Tejaswini KulkarniBirmingham$134K
- Adrian DivittorioMobile$100K
- Luther CorleyHuntsville$86K
- Peter LutzMobile$63K
- Mohammad AzamTuscaloosa$58K
- Amanda DenhamBirmingham$45K
- Darryle BullardCullman$30K
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.