Valerie Sorkin Wells
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Phoenix, AZNPI 1962448456
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.2%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Acessa Health Inc. at 44.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,567 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $46 in 2022.
Across 79 payments — averaging $28.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Acessa Health Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$283
- Minerva Surgical, Inc$143
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$89
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$79
- Bayer$68
- plus $590 from 16 others
Across 445 payments — averaging $11,251 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Evofem Biosciences, Inc.$1.3M
- Astellas Pharma Global Development$1.1M
- Mylan Inc.$805K
- Organon$679K
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$665K
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America, Inc.$203K
- plus $258K from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,01845%
- Food & beverage$1,20953%
- Education$442%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acessa Health Inc. | 1 | $1,018 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 25 | $283 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 3 | $143 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $89 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| Bayer | 4 | $68 |
| Merck | 4 | $67 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $53 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Roche Diagnostics Corporation | 2 | $41 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $41 |
| Organon | 2 | $38 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Duchesnay USA Incorporated | 2 | $30 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $23 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $11 |
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.
How this compares
$2,270 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 757 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Arizona.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Phoenix
- Steven NelsonPhoenix$159K
- Bj HoPhoenix$134K
- Chijioke SoribePhoenix$117K
- Heather ZechmanPhoenix$92K
- David GlassmanPhoenix$90K
- Meghan MacclearyPhoenix$87K
- John DavittPhoenix$45K
- Richard WilsonPhoenix$34K
- Jamal MouradPhoenix$33K
- Cassandra FossPhoenix$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.