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 CARO

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant Medical

NPI
1245761139
CMS profile
10600019
Location
SAN ANTONIO, TX

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$1,951.26

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

Latest program year · PY2024

$576.02

16 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 $408.46 13
Travel and Lodging $167.56 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Nevro Corp. $248.12 8
BIOTRONIK NRO, Inc. $132.78 1
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $58.43 1
ABBVIE INC. $52.48 2
Lundbeck LLC $30.29 1
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $18.81 1
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. $18.13 1
IBSA Pharma Inc. $16.98 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $364.57 22
PY2022 $709.18 32
PY2023 $301.49 15
PY2024 $576.02 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

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

Program year 2024 202120222023 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. $32.47 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106881085 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.01 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106881087 CMS
BIOTRONIK NRO, Inc. $132.78 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153859891 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $58.43 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092637257 CMS
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. $18.13 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135334684 CMS
IBSA Pharma Inc. $16.98 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142986046 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $30.29 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146002882 CMS
Nevro Corp. $14.75 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130730797 CMS
Nevro Corp. $8.30 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130730663 CMS
Nevro Corp. $30.60 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130730767 CMS
Nevro Corp. $83.38 08/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130730703 CMS
Nevro Corp. $12.94 08/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130730701 CMS
Nevro Corp. $71.24 08/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130730699 CMS
Nevro Corp. $7.92 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130730801 CMS
Nevro Corp. $18.99 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130730799 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $18.81 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104930539 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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