Michelle Balbi
Gerontology · Allentown, PANPI 1487311841
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $236,163 of the $256,883 with a category attached, or 91.9%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Galderma Laboratories, L.p. at 57.1% of the total. Among gerontology clinicians in PA 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 319 payments — averaging $805.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$147K
- AbbVie$108K
- Merz North America, Inc.$2K
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$119
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$6
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,2340%
- Speaking & faculty fees$236,16392%
- Travel & lodging$14,0825%
- Food & beverage$5,4042%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 141 | $146,573 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 153 | $107,766 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 20 | $2,420 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $119 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $6 |
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
$256,883 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 383 gerontology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other gerontology in Allentown
- Chandler ZalikAllentown$4K
- Pamella HennessyAllentown$3K
- Beth KepichAllentown$3K
- Angela OlarteAllentown$2K
- Susan ScanlandScranton$517K
- Melissa CallahanEphrata$76K
- Maria BonanniPhiladelphia$36K
- Lisa DevaneyWest Chester$27K
- Lora DillingerWyomissing$21K
- Laken KuntzMonroeville$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.