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

PAUL A MELNICK

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Psychiatry & Neurology Neurology

NPI
1295792661
CMS profile
429204
Location
ELKTON, MD

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$12,172.87

  • Reported across 422 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,197.77

49 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 $1,072.88 47
Education $124.89 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Biogen, Inc. $304.53 13
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $232.68 7
UCB, Inc. $161.52 3
Neurelis, Inc. $81.82 5
Kyowa Kirin, Inc. $71.71 3
EISAI INC. $64.12 3
ABBVIE INC. $61.12 3
Lilly USA, LLC $41.04 2
Genentech USA, Inc. $39.12 2
PFIZER INC. $31.09 2
SK Life Science, Inc. $23.00 1
EMD Serono, Inc. $21.69 1
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.85 1
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.73 1
MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA AMERICA, INC. $16.48 1
Amgen Inc. $13.27 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $908.25 67
PY2019 $4,839.21 70
PY2020 $492.23 34
PY2021 $1,954.82 65
PY2022 $1,360.00 68
PY2023 $1,420.59 69
PY2024 $1,197.77 49

Payment records · PY2024 (49)

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
ABBVIE INC. $22.85 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105019880 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $17.19 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105019882 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.08 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105019884 CMS
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $17.85 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1093907914 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.27 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1115926290 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $24.53 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104815545 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $16.54 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104863778 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $27.37 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104877428 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $13.41 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104868218 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $28.72 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104806649 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $4.59 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104807345 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $28.90 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104815547 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $28.71 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104854466 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $23.45 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104841099 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $29.78 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104852252 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $24.25 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104877430 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $29.78 10/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104867124 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $24.50 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104854468 CMS
Eisai Inc. $20.78 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110772081 CMS
Eisai Inc. $18.39 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110772079 CMS
Eisai Inc. $24.95 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110772083 CMS
EMD Serono, Inc. $21.69 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120242405 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $21.90 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133086365 CMS
Genentech USA, Inc. $17.22 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133086369 CMS
Kyowa Kirin, Inc. $22.05 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127040071 CMS
Kyowa Kirin, Inc. $26.28 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127040073 CMS
Kyowa Kirin, Inc. $23.38 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127040075 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $22.95 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135265444 CMS
Lilly USA, LLC $18.09 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1135318350 CMS
MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA AMERICA, INC. $16.48 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144506068 CMS
Neurelis, Inc. $13.25 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145648146 CMS
Neurelis, Inc. $19.39 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145648148 CMS
Neurelis, Inc. $18.18 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145648150 CMS
Neurelis, Inc. $17.60 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145648152 CMS
Neurelis, Inc. $13.40 11/20/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145648154 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.43 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131114669 CMS
PFIZER INC. $13.66 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131878156 CMS
SK Life Science, Inc. $23.00 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154152543 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $21.45 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151474935 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $16.77 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151475017 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $28.50 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151475063 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $22.09 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151475077 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $18.83 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151475085 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $13.55 12/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151475097 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $111.49 12/17/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151475099 CMS
UCB, Inc. $27.25 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143483974 CMS
UCB, Inc. $99.47 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143473955 CMS
UCB, Inc. $34.80 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143473962 CMS
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.73 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133913000 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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