Michelle Wells
Nurse Practitioner · Beachwood, OHNPI 1760972665
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 224 payments — averaging $20.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$974
- AbbVie$911
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$753
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$410
- Johnson & Johnson$406
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA$182
- plus $914 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,46698%
- Education$842%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 17 | $974 |
| AbbVie | 40 | $911 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 46 | $753 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 23 | $410 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $406 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 13 | $182 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 6 | $171 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $160 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 45 | $147 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $77 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 3 | $39 |
| Calyxo, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 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.
- NURTEC ODT$959
- VRAYLAR$233
- INVEGA SUSTENNA$220
- INVEGA TRINZA$115
How this compares
$4,550 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,700 nurse practitioner providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 11 | $158 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $124 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 11 | $95 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $94 |
| Topiramate | 16 | $44 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Beachwood
- Margaret BobonichCleveland$235K
- Mary GallagherWestlake$229K
- Sonia HissettCincinnati$179K
- Ashley TaylorNew Albany$107K
- Beth FaimanCleveland$101K
- Katherine AlexanderColumbus$99K
- Tiffany JonesCincinnati$99K
- Kate NewmanWestlake$78K
- Daniella GerySouth Euclid$73K
- Amy HazelCanton$63K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.