Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

NICHOLAS G VELLEMA

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant

NPI
1871961789
CMS profile
10542600
Location
DES MOINES, IA

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$1,469.78

  • Reported across 85 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$963.46

52 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $916.55 51
Education $46.91 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $506.32 33
PY2024 $963.46 52

Payment records · PY2024 (52)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 2021 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $19.09 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108355058 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $25.25 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108355060 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $13.19 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108355062 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $3.78 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108355064 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $4.01 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108355066 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $30.26 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108355068 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $13.81 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108355070 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $19.70 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108355072 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $5.37 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108355074 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.47 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108355076 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $3.50 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108355078 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $22.19 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108355080 CMS
Alkermes, Inc. $21.52 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120614112 CMS
Almatica Pharma LLC $30.15 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137621114 CMS
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. $18.72 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148397339 CMS
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. $25.18 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148397341 CMS
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. $24.39 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148397343 CMS
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. $22.45 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148397345 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $20.05 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104870706 CMS
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $18.79 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101320908 CMS
IRONSHORE PHARMACEUTICALS INC. $22.82 06/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146280310 CMS
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) $46.91 01/12/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143621653 CMS
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) $8.17 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143621655 CMS
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) $21.56 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143621657 CMS
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) $12.78 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143621659 CMS
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) $5.63 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143621661 CMS
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) $9.85 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143621663 CMS
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) $6.07 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143621665 CMS
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) $21.57 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143621667 CMS
ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) $7.78 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143621669 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $16.41 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077999124 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $19.66 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077999240 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $17.56 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077999256 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $19.36 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146102687 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $26.86 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146102689 CMS
Neos Therapeutics, LP $17.37 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082664315 CMS
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. $22.62 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150965803 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.43 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100624050 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.73 05/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100625562 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $17.62 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100524043 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $18.25 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1100392462 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $21.94 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119206741 CMS
PFIZER INC. $22.50 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131991929 CMS
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $21.90 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147880331 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $13.61 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137838579 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $22.10 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151582981 CMS
Tris Pharma Inc $14.51 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147223928 CMS
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $23.62 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133974808 CMS
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $13.66 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133974810 CMS
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.41 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133974812 CMS
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.45 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133974814 CMS
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $30.88 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133974816 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2021, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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