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

MELISSA C CHILES

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology

NPI
1205805272
CMS profile
1166252
Location
KNOXVILLE, TN

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$430.34

  • Reported across 24 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$316.74

17 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 $316.74 17

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $15.70 1
PY2023 $97.90 6
PY2024 $316.74 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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

Program year 2024 20192023 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
Ardelyx, Inc. $24.76 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146675332 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $26.20 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146675334 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $18.14 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133068386 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $25.80 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139842115 CMS
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc $16.14 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1091983157 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $15.63 06/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078664469 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $15.71 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078664422 CMS
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $24.27 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123323575 CMS
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $18.45 09/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151049452 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $22.05 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114024404 CMS
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. $21.73 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1114024406 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.92 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153683383 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $15.09 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153438574 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.99 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153590798 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $13.44 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153583475 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.25 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153615886 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $15.17 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137510866 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
2019, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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