Sara West
Psychiatry · Akron, OHNPI 1639382062
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 468 payments — averaging $17.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Alkermes, Inc.$1K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$1K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$1K
- Lundbeck LLC$822
- AbbVie$607
- plus $2K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,351100%
- Education$390%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 72 | $1,694 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 55 | $1,269 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 93 | $1,178 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 48 | $1,017 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 48 | $822 |
| AbbVie | 36 | $607 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 52 | $589 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 32 | $519 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $260 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $170 |
| Indivior Inc. | 9 | $159 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $38 |
| Braeburn Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- ARISTADA$883
- LYBALVI$497
- CAPLYTA$368
- INVEGA TRINZA$268
- INVEGA SUSTENNA$245
- REXULTI$226
- ARISTADA INITIO$221
- COBENFY$123
- SPRAVATO$113
How this compares
$8,391 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,119 psychiatry providers in Ohio.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Invega SustennaPaliperidone Palmitate | 201 | $555,962 |
| Invega TrinzaPaliperidone Palmitate | 38 | $307,425 |
| Invega HafyeraPaliperidone Palmitate | 13 | $211,203 |
| Abilify AsimtufiiAripiprazole | 27 | $122,595 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 11 | $88,509 |
| Abilify MaintenaAripiprazole | 22 | $48,076 |
| AristadaAripiprazole Lauroxil | 12 | $44,573 |
| VivitrolNaltrexone Microspheres | 15 | $23,233 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 14 | $19,953 |
| Clozapine | 271 | $15,577 |
| Haloperidol Decanoate | 128 | $4,904 |
| Olanzapine | 141 | $2,387 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 99 | $2,006 |
| Benztropine Mesylate | 202 | $1,832 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 92 | $1,490 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonInvega Sustenna, Invega Trinza | $1,694 | $863,387239 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Abilify Asimtufii, Abilify Maintena | $1,017 | $170,67249 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $519 | $88,50911 claims |
| Alkermes, Inc.Aristada, Vivitrol | $1,269 | $67,80627 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar | $607 | $19,95314 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 90th percentile of 1,119 psychiatry providers in Ohio.
Other psychiatry in Akron
- Shishuka MalhotraCanton$15M
- Henry NasrallahCincinnati$3.8M
- Otto DuenoDayton$3.1M
- Diab AlmhanaAvon Lake$2.7M
- Mohamed Abdel AzizWest Chester$2.6M
- Fred RomeoColumbus$2.3M
- Mark WoyshvilleMiddleburg Heights$2.2M
- Amita PatelDayton$2.1M
- Caleb AdlerCincinnati$2M
- Richard SandersDayton$1.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.