Uchechukwu Ifeji
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Silver Spring, MDNPI 1043736846
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 191 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) at 27.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,615 and has fallen 57.7% since, to $683 in 2025. Among psychiatric/mental health clinicians in MD 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 $25.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$1K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$706
- Indivior Inc.$566
- USWM, LLC$421
- Alkermes, Inc.$398
- Gilead$286
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,953100%
- Education$30%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 45 | $1,381 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 22 | $706 |
| Indivior Inc. | 25 | $566 |
| USWM, LLC | 17 | $421 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 16 | $398 |
| Gilead | 4 | $286 |
| AbbVie | 14 | $265 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 13 | $241 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 8 | $182 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 8 | $146 |
| Orexo US, Inc. | 8 | $141 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $111 |
| Braeburn Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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$430
- CAPLYTA$426
- Epclusa$248
- AUSTEDO$134
- ARISTADA INITIO$107
How this compares
$4,956 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,461 psychiatric/mental health providers in Maryland.
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 | 100 | $15,771 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 19 | $4,144 |
| Aripiprazole | 13 | $1,374 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 15 | $970 |
| Atomoxetine Hcl | 16 | $804 |
| Buprenorphine Hcl | 27 | $607 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 25 | $553 |
| Olanzapine | 20 | $540 |
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 43 | $530 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 39 | $509 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 34 | $404 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 16 | $323 |
| Gabapentin | 28 | $312 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 33 | $168 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 26 | $147 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Silver Spring
- Jason EliassaintSilver Spring$11K
- Erica IngramSilver Spring$6K
- Kathryn NovakSilver Spring$5K
- Hara OyedejiOwings Mills$780K
- Ilya RozenbergGlen Burnie$572K
- Michelle WilliamsColumbia$158K
- Kristin ClemensGaithersburg$36K
- Antonio HeroldHavre de Grace$23K
- Paul KlaverweidenFruitland$17K
- Margaret WebbAberdeen$16K
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.