Rita Alema-Mensah
Family · Lithonia, GANPI 1659871663
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 144 payments — averaging $31.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$1K
- AbbVie$495
- UCB, Inc.$303
- Lundbeck LLC$236
- Pfizer$233
- Argenx US, Inc.$214
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$93721%
- Food & beverage$3,54079%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $1,193 |
| AbbVie | 26 | $495 |
| UCB, Inc. | 12 | $303 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 8 | $236 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $233 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 7 | $214 |
| Novartis | 8 | $210 |
| Biogen | 8 | $181 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $133 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $125 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 4 | $101 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $101 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $79 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $73 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 3 | $69 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $48 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $38 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $28 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $25 |
| Vertex | 1 | $25 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 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
$4,477 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 6,258 family providers in Georgia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine | 11 | $1,133 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $807 |
| Gabapentin | 43 | $408 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 59 | $350 |
| Pregabalin | 22 | $335 |
| Methocarbamol | 28 | $241 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 14 | $233 |
| Baclofen | 11 | $207 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 15 | $124 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 15 | $81 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $76 |
| Diazepam | 34 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Lithonia
- Allie McAllisterMarietta$299K
- Tonita WashingtonLawrenceville$153K
- Erin HenryLawrenceville$135K
- Trisha RomanPeachtree City$134K
- Lori ReedMarietta$106K
- Julia BranchCumming$102K
- Hannah BanachWaycross$85K
- Morgan GroothandEvans$81K
- Anna Carolina WrightLilburn$69K
- Jessica FeehanCanton$51K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.