Michelle Talag, APRN
Family · Seaford, DENPI 1114319738
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 313 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 44 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,724, 2.1 times the $808 reported in 2021. Among family clinicians in DE 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 313 payments — averaging $19.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AbbVie$597
- Lilly USA, LLC$462
- Pfizer$339
- Amgen$310
- AstraZeneca$310
- plus $3K from 38 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,136100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 55 | $1,071 |
| AbbVie | 44 | $597 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 26 | $462 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $339 |
| Amgen | 16 | $310 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 15 | $310 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 10 | $306 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $265 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 8 | $217 |
| Eisai Inc. | 10 | $203 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 10 | $195 |
| Exact Sciences | 8 | $176 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $170 |
| Merck | 5 | $137 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $131 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $101 |
| GSK | 5 | $93 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Bayer | 5 | $84 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 3 | $71 |
| Insulet Corporation | 3 | $56 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $55 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $47 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Biogen | 2 | $36 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $25 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $21 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $20 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 1 | $13 |
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
$6,136 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 523 family providers in Delaware.
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 | 95 | $83,153 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 54 | $62,196 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 28 | $35,026 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 13 | $27,673 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $27,135 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 22 | $22,162 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 12 | $16,088 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 12 | $14,108 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 18 | $12,303 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 12 | $9,293 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 17 | $6,492 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 12 | $5,584 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 269 | $4,304 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 475 | $4,190 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 123 | $3,331 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Spiriva Respimat | $265 | $87,57778 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $339 | $83,15395 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,071 | $62,69941 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort, Brilinta | $310 | $26,18441 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $93 | $22,16222 claims |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Valsartan | $25 | $1,06133 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $597 | $1,05945 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 523 family providers in Delaware.
Other family in Seaford
- Polly PuseySeaford$5K
- Brandi GreggeMiddletown$110K
- Tracy EstesWilmington$59K
- Kathy GallagherNewark$53K
- Jodie DelesioNewark$50K
- Abby AllenGeorgetown$43K
- Taylor HodgesLewes$33K
- Jodi KahanWilmington$21K
- Valerie HarrisonBridgeville$15K
- Kathleen GustafsonBear$15K
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.