Paula Mendes
Neurology · Boulder, CONPI 1821082819
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $38,606 of the $42,058 with a category attached, or 91.8%. Amgen accounts for 95.2% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $28,019 and has fallen 86.7% since, to $3,716 in 2022.
Across 139 payments — averaging $302.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$40K
- Novartis$371
- Biogen$334
- EMD Serono, Inc.$207
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$194
- AbbVie$142
- plus $790 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1500%
- Speaking & faculty fees$38,60692%
- Travel & lodging$4371%
- Food & beverage$2,8447%
- Education$210%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 44 | $40,021 |
| Novartis | 22 | $371 |
| Biogen | 10 | $334 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 5 | $207 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 8 | $194 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $142 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $125 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $119 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $108 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Abbott | 1 | $31 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Banner Life Sciences, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$42,058 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 334 neurology providers in Colorado.
Other neurology in Boulder
- William ShafferBoulder$158K
- Sidarth DasariBoulder$137K
- Tamara MillerFort Collins$1.4M
- Justin MoonDenver$1.4M
- Ravi ShahParker$1.3M
- Rajeev KumarEnglewood$955K
- Marc TreihaftEnglewood$673K
- Jeffrey BennettAurora$605K
- Beverly GilderLone Tree$558K
- Michael AmentDenver$457K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.