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

MELBETH M LUSICA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Nephrology

NPI
1144487364
CMS profile
538189
Location
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$1,714.71

  • Reported across 84 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$516.32

25 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 $493.97 22
Education $22.35 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $350.71 20
PY2019 $45.47 3
PY2020 $67.70 4
PY2021 $307.05 13
PY2022 $160.64 7
PY2023 $266.82 12
PY2024 $516.32 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 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
Amgen Inc. $25.06 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115886661 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $23.06 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146693118 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $32.85 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105716982 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.12 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105496905 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $23.27 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105337863 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $20.47 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105801885 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $18.17 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105637200 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $16.83 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105275679 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $10.90 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104301096 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $14.41 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104530360 CMS
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $20.62 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117890541 CMS
CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC. $18.92 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141511181 CMS
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. $15.46 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154209246 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $15.71 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135187879 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $22.12 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087110170 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $34.28 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087110184 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $29.02 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118932832 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $25.87 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118932834 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $28.62 09/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118932836 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $21.21 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118932838 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $3.08 07/23/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149935168 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $16.89 07/23/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149935172 CMS
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. $2.38 09/04/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149935164 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $29.23 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124037403 CMS
Vifor Pharma, Inc. $29.77 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124053318 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
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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