Thomas Bales
Physician Assistant · Providence, RINPI 1649766114
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC at 44.2% of the total. Among physician assistant clinicians in RI 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 578 payments — averaging $48.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$12K
- Alkermes, Inc.$5K
- AbbVie$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$1K
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1K
- plus $5K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,30051%
- Travel & lodging$5502%
- Food & beverage$13,08247%
- Education$590%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 10 | $12,367 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 35 | $4,664 |
| AbbVie | 87 | $1,716 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 47 | $1,446 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 60 | $1,384 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 42 | $1,051 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 29 | $776 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 47 | $754 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 58 | $706 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 34 | $695 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 32 | $498 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 18 | $331 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 12 | $227 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 8 | $158 |
| Indivior Inc. | 6 | $147 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 9 | $146 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 6 | $144 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $131 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $112 |
| OWP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 5 | $104 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| USWM, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Corium, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Biogen | 2 | $29 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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$15,951
- SPRAVATO$12,453
- INVEGA SUSTENNA$10,243
- ARISTADA INITIO$3,878
- INVEGA TRINZA$243
- Fanapt$125
- INGREZZA$125
- VRAYLAR$125
- REXULTI$124
- LYBALVI$110
How this compares
$27,991 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 481 physician assistant providers in Rhode Island.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 20 | $18,786 |
| Asenapine Maleate | 14 | $3,208 |
| Buprenorphine-NaloxoneBuprenorphine Hcl/Naloxone Hcl | 41 | $2,634 |
| Clozapine | 12 | $2,349 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 14 | $996 |
| Aripiprazole | 14 | $847 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 11 | $740 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 21 | $439 |
| Eszopiclone | 12 | $370 |
| Lamotrigine | 19 | $363 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 11 | $360 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 29 | $345 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $270 |
| Mirtazapine | 16 | $225 |
| Lithium Carbonate | 27 | $217 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $227 | $18,78620 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $26 | $12017 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 95th percentile of 481 physician assistant providers in Rhode Island.
Other physician assistant in Providence
- Paige LovelaceProvidence$9K
- Christina TravisonoProvidence$7K
- Meghan BurtonProvidence$6K
- Helen NguyenProvidence$6K
- James NoonProvidence$6K
- Mark TrottProvidence$5K
- Victoria WebberProvidence$5K
- Christine PalecznyProvidence$4K
- Jessica HitteProvidence$4K
- Emily GroteProvidence$4K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.