Samantha Meltzer-Brody
Psychiatry · Chapel Hill, NCNPI 1285722066
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Sage Therapeutics, LLC. That places this record below the midpoint for psychiatry clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $175.
Across 1 payment — averaging $63.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$64
Across 23 payments — averaging $39,499 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$772K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$137K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$64100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $64 |
How this compares
$64 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 1,108 psychiatry providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Clonazepam | 18 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other psychiatry in Chapel Hill
- David RubinowChapel Hill$211K
- Elizabeth RichardsonChapel Hill$45K
- Diana PerkinsChapel Hill$44K
- Sandeep VaishnaviChapel Hill$27K
- Craig ChepkeHuntersville$4.1M
- Mark ReynoldsDurham$3.2M
- James BarkerHickory$2.1M
- Brian FarahWinston Salem$605K
- Krishna TalluriMorrisville$591K
- Ramesh GihwalaGastonia$545K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.