Natasha Welker
Obstetrics · Monroe, MINPI 1154812535
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 93 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $384, more than ten times the $15 reported in 2020.
Across 93 payments — averaging $19.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$380
- Novo Nordisk$180
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$164
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$121
- Pfizer$110
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$101
- plus $720 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,776100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 17 | $380 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $180 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 6 | $164 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 6 | $121 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $110 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $101 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 5 | $92 |
| Organon | 6 | $61 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 3 | $50 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $46 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 3 | $32 |
| Amgen | 2 | $28 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Hologic Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Millicent US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| BD | 1 | $16 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 1 | $15 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$1,776 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 48 obstetrics providers in Michigan.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 16 | $755 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics in Monroe
- Carol PowersFlint$327K
- Alexey LevashkevichFlint$23K
- Breanna PondMarquette$18K
- Richard ElsworthFlint$17K
- Salvatore FinazzoTrenton$13K
- Jack ParksMuskegon$10K
- Joseph PrezzatoFarmington Hills$5K
- Duane KreilDearborn$5K
- Michael ShuWyandotte$5K
- Linda KaradshehGrosse Pointe Park$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.