Tawanda Mercer, APRN
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Omaha, NENPI 1376773952
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.4% of the total across 93 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alkermes, Inc. at 31.1% of the total.
Across 93 payments — averaging $36.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alkermes, Inc.$1K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$970
- AbbVie$267
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$250
- Johnson & Johnson$226
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$179
- plus $467 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,30196%
- Education$1224%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alkermes, Inc. | 27 | $1,064 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 21 | $970 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $267 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 9 | $250 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $226 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $179 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $135 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 4 | $73 |
| Indivior Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 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.
- ARISTADA$967
- CAPLYTA$734
- LYBALVI$499
- ARISTADA INITIO$242
- VRAYLAR$215
- UZEDY$125
- ABILIFY ASIMTUFII$125
- ABILIFY MAINTENA$125
- VIVITROL$122
- Auvelity$121
How this compares
$3,423 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 255 psychiatric/mental health providers in Nebraska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Olanzapine | 17 | $188 |
| Aripiprazole | 13 | $169 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 12 | $157 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 11 | $157 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 11 | $111 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $103 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 15 | $97 |
| Lamotrigine | 11 | $92 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 13 | $86 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 12 | $37 |
| Paroxetine Hcl | 11 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Omaha
- Janelle HillOmaha$24K
- Kristi BoseOmaha$13K
- Robert LundholmOmaha$12K
- Virginia SmithOmaha$11K
- Christina HadleyOmaha$11K
- Julie ZulkoskyOmaha$8K
- John RamseyOmaha$8K
- M Joyce SasseOmaha$7K
- Molly PetersenOmaha$6K
- Salina AndersonOmaha$6K
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.