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

MELANIE A VEGA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Psychiatry & Neurology Psychiatry

NPI
1346300894
CMS profile
16145
Location
HOUMA, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2022

$2,062.67

  • Reported across 121 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2022

$738.02

41 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

PY2022 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $666.53 40
Education $71.49 1

By paying entity

PY2022 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $520.13 41
PY2019 $478.95 25
PY2020 $88.14 2
PY2021 $237.43 12
PY2022 $738.02 41

Payment records · PY2022 (41)

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

Program year 2022 2018201920202021 Record-level detail is published for PY2022; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABBVIE INC. $17.82 10/11/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 892584269 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.71 11/15/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 892584271 CMS
Alkermes, Inc. $19.17 11/10/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 925962457 CMS
Alkermes, Inc. $21.20 12/22/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 925962459 CMS
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. $18.48 11/15/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 918009383 CMS
Bausch Health US, LLC $17.60 12/19/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 960154903 CMS
Indivior Inc. $17.04 01/10/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 914487923 CMS
Indivior Inc. $21.49 07/18/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 914487929 CMS
Indivior Inc. $22.99 09/01/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 914487933 CMS
ITI, Inc. $1.20 01/13/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945736197 CMS
ITI, Inc. $19.81 01/13/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945736201 CMS
ITI, Inc. $20.51 02/24/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945736205 CMS
ITI, Inc. $12.23 04/06/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945736209 CMS
ITI, Inc. $1.57 04/07/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945736213 CMS
ITI, Inc. $16.52 05/16/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945736217 CMS
ITI, Inc. $13.72 07/19/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945736221 CMS
ITI, Inc. $10.97 08/29/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945736223 CMS
ITI, Inc. $15.23 10/10/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945736227 CMS
ITI, Inc. $13.72 11/15/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945736231 CMS
ITI, Inc. $15.76 12/20/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945736235 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $14.28 01/11/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 886323157 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $12.49 02/23/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 886323151 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $19.82 05/18/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 886323139 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $22.67 10/11/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 886323145 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $12.50 02/21/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945812071 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $13.67 05/17/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 945812075 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.33 10/13/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 944507949 CMS
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. $23.55 08/29/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 963428503 CMS
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. $21.94 12/13/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 963428561 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $15.21 04/06/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 929349311 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $19.19 07/21/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 929349313 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $16.35 08/31/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 955863669 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $16.87 10/12/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 955863673 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $18.52 12/14/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 955863677 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $12.90 01/12/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 954752389 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $14.27 02/22/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 954752769 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $17.66 03/15/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 954752803 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $19.86 04/08/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 954752475 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $71.49 08/30/2022 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 954752891 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $15.92 08/30/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 954752897 CMS
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $31.79 11/17/2022 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 951979187 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2022_P01232026_01102026.csv

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