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MELODY COVINGTON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Obesity Medicine

NPI: 1063774461
CMS profile: 229457
Location: CHARLOTTE, NC

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General Payments · PY2022 · Entire year

$28,954.75

34 records · 0 disputed

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CMS publication 2026-06-30

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By nature of payment

PY2022 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Nature of payment	Amount	Records
Consulting Fee	$28,467.46	13
Food and Beverage	$487.29	21

By paying entity

PY2022 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Paying entity	Amount	Records
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$28,467.46	13
Lilly USA, LLC	$217.12	6
Novo Nordisk Inc	$129.00	7
VIVUS LLC	$78.42	4
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	$44.06	3
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$18.69	1

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MELODY COVINGTON

NPI 1063774461 · CMS profile ID 229457

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / Internal Medicine / Obesity Medicine

CHARLOTTE, NC

A payment attributed to a provider may have been made to a third party — a hospital, practice, or research institution — rather than paid to the provider personally.

General Payments, PY2022; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types

Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00

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Plain: MELODY COVINGTON, NPI 1063774461, CMS profile ID 229457. General Payments, PY2022; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types. Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00. Page 1 of 1; records 1–34 of 34 matching records. This page contains 34 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. IndustryPayments. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1063774461?year=2022&recipient=provider#records-h. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/df01c2f8-dc1f-4e79-96cb-8208beaf143c.
APA 7: IndustryPayments. (2026). MELODY COVINGTON, NPI 1063774461, CMS profile ID 229457. General Payments, PY2022; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types. Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00. Page 1 of 1; records 1–34 of 34 matching records. This page contains 34 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. [Filtered data set page]. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1063774461?year=2022&recipient=provider#records-h. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/df01c2f8-dc1f-4e79-96cb-8208beaf143c.
Bluebook: MELODY COVINGTON, NPI 1063774461, CMS profile ID 229457, IndustryPayments, General Payments, PY2022; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types (Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00). Page 1 of 1; records 1–34 of 34 matching records. This page contains 34 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/df01c2f8-dc1f-4e79-96cb-8208beaf143c. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1063774461?year=2022&recipient=provider#records-h.

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Payment records · PY2022

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General Payments · PY2022 · Physicians and non-physician practitioners · CMS publication 2026-06-30

34 matching records · $28,954.75 reported total · 0 disputed

Nature of payment: All payment types

Records imported here November 5, 2026 (UTC).

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Paying entity	Amount	Date	Nature of payment	Dispute status	Publication flags	Published	Record ID	Source
Lilly USA, LLC	$27.59	12/15/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	918219753	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$2,353.33	12/07/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	955613571	CMS
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	$16.59	12/01/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	925771313	CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc	$17.97	11/30/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	898808358	CMS
Lilly USA, LLC	$21.10	11/22/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	918199229	CMS
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	$14.86	11/10/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	925771311	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$2,353.33	11/09/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	955613569	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$2,353.33	10/05/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	955613567	CMS
VIVUS LLC	$21.83	09/19/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	905396855	CMS
Lilly USA, LLC	$23.95	09/12/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	918193441	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$2,353.33	09/09/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	955613565	CMS
Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$18.69	09/08/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	940515563	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$2,353.33	08/17/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	955613563	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$227.50	08/12/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	957892497	CMS
Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC	$12.61	08/11/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	925771309	CMS
Lilly USA, LLC	$97.49	08/11/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	918232257	CMS
Lilly USA, LLC	$25.19	08/09/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	918219751	CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc	$23.27	08/04/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	899560317	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$2,353.33	07/13/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	955613561	CMS
Lilly USA, LLC	$21.80	06/20/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	918244571	CMS
VIVUS LLC	$22.19	06/07/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	905396851	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$2,353.33	06/06/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	955613559	CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc	$21.94	05/12/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	899085943	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$2,353.33	05/09/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	955613557	CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc	$15.50	05/05/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	898808347	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$2,353.33	04/09/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	955613555	CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc	$19.89	03/17/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	899033629	CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc	$16.49	03/08/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	899085935	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$2,353.33	03/08/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	955613553	CMS
VIVUS LLC	$16.04	02/24/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	905396847	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$2,353.33	02/07/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	955613551	CMS
VIVUS LLC	$18.36	01/18/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	905396843	CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.	$2,353.33	01/11/2022	Consulting Fee	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	955613549	CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc	$13.94	01/06/2022	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	899131081	CMS

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program year	Amount	Records
PY2019	$14,590.12	13
PY2020	$24,926.58	21
PY2021	$28,317.24	34
PY2022	$28,954.75	34
PY2023	$2,650.47	11
PY2024	$326.08	11
PY2025	$179.35	8

Source & provenance

Dataset: CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date: 2026-06-30
Program years on this page: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

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Source files: Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from: OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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