Tara Wells
Family · Helena, MTNPI 1770080004
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 89.3% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $7,189 and has fallen 81.3% since, to $1,347 in 2025. Among family clinicians in MT 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 191 payments — averaging $50.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$9K
- Corcept Therapeutics$236
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$222
- Lilly USA, LLC$138
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$102
- Novo Nordisk$78
- plus $256 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,50047%
- Travel & lodging$1,94120%
- Food & beverage$3,11132%
- Education$591%
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(2 entities) | 115 | $8,580 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 16 | $236 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 28 | $222 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $138 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 4 | $102 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $78 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $72 |
| Amgen | 4 | $67 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $41 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $15 |
| Indivior Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Organon | 1 | $14 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- VRAYLAR$6,451
How this compares
$9,611 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 481 family providers in Montana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 123 | $18,059 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 12 | $11,399 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 74 | $1,395 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 42 | $1,359 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 18 | $915 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 52 | $868 |
| Gabapentin | 60 | $837 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 27 | $819 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 29 | $793 |
| Clonazepam | 111 | $789 |
| Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate | 14 | $631 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 26 | $620 |
| Atomoxetine Hcl | 11 | $567 |
| Modafinil | 18 | $536 |
| Lamotrigine | 31 | $475 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Helena
- Kara AddisonHelena$50K
- Jessica HavensHelena$11K
- Mary MiddaghHelena$6K
- Megan GittingsHelena$4K
- Jeannie FahlquistHelena$3K
- Christopher VanhorssenHelena$3K
- Willow SheehanHelena$3K
- Leigha ShilhanekHelena$3K
- Lindsay McCarthyHelena$2K
- Julie FleschHelena$2K
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.