Nichol Melcher
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Hamburg, NYNPI 1487373551
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.4% of the total across 534 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 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,438, more than ten times the $344 reported in 2022. Among psychiatric/mental health clinicians in NY 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 534 payments — averaging $23.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$2K
- Neuronetics, Inc.$1K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$851
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$847
- Lundbeck LLC$807
- plus $5K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,0509%
- Food & beverage$11,24291%
- Education$120%
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 | 118 | $2,387 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 66 | $1,535 |
| Neuronetics, Inc. | 3 | $1,174 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 48 | $851 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 35 | $847 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 52 | $807 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 34 | $735 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 24 | $634 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 25 | $592 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $555 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 23 | $438 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 15 | $372 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 21 | $354 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 11 | $223 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $213 |
| Biogen | 6 | $165 |
| Corium, LLC | 7 | $112 |
| Merck | 5 | $92 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 4 | $78 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $41 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
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.
- NEUROSTAR TMS THERAPY SYSTEM$1,174
- REXULTI$375
- VRAYLAR$247
- CAPLYTA$121
- Auvelity$115
How this compares
$12,304 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,385 psychiatric/mental health providers in New York.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 20 | $36,463 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 20 | $9,457 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 317 | $5,241 |
| Aripiprazole | 137 | $4,896 |
| Vilazodone Hcl | 27 | $4,115 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 189 | $4,073 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 111 | $3,002 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 222 | $2,267 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 37 | $2,120 |
| Desvenlafaxine Succinate ErDesvenlafaxine Succinate | 54 | $2,079 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 111 | $1,385 |
| Lamotrigine | 135 | $1,364 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 119 | $1,234 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 39 | $1,219 |
| Clonazepam | 193 | $1,134 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $1,535 | $36,46320 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $354 | $9,45720 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $78 | $2,267222 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCOlanzapine | $25 | $53938 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 95th percentile of 2,385 psychiatric/mental health providers in New York.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Hamburg
- Petra GuilmainHamburg$16K
- Tammy RussoNiskayuna$568K
- Carrie EdickSchenectady$484K
- Eric SpronzCentereach$448K
- Terry Jo Brooks-DevlinTonawanda$176K
- Kevin SiewersStaten Island$155K
- Daniel BreeyearNiskayuna$149K
- Elijah StevensBinghamton$131K
- Kayanna JonasFar Rockaway$93K
- Alexis CrisafiFishkill$70K
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.