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Covered recipient · General Payments record

ARCHIBALD L MELCHER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Psychiatry & Neurology Neurology

NPI
1578532818
CMS profile
161762
Location
METAIRIE, LA

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$3,613.11

  • Reported across 186 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$920.39

57 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 $920.39 57

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $11.27 1
PY2020 $245.43 14
PY2021 $799.46 32
PY2022 $546.52 32
PY2023 $1,090.04 50
PY2024 $920.39 57

Payment records · PY2024 (57)

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

Program year 2024 20192020202120222023 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. $27.77 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018814 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $32.64 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018816 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $13.37 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018818 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $11.78 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018820 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $12.73 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018822 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.97 03/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018824 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $4.15 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018826 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.34 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018828 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $10.58 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018830 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $4.77 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018832 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $26.45 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018834 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $7.23 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018836 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.06 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018838 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $7.01 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018840 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $23.61 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018842 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $9.82 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018844 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $11.96 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018846 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.08 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018848 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.99 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018850 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $19.86 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018852 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $5.69 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018854 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $22.75 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018856 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.65 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018858 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $2.49 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018860 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $5.80 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018862 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $2.88 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018864 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $5.06 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018866 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.71 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018868 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $8.91 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018870 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $5.63 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018872 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $2.10 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018874 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $6.15 11/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018876 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $18.86 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018878 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $23.82 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018880 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $3.13 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105018882 CMS
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc $17.99 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147984234 CMS
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC $13.42 06/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139195132 CMS
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC $18.49 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139195134 CMS
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC $19.91 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139195136 CMS
ARGENX US, INC. $19.66 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142109175 CMS
ARGENX US, INC. $23.89 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142123823 CMS
Biogen, Inc. $24.85 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104841487 CMS
CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $32.77 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144452967 CMS
Eisai Inc. $29.59 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1110730997 CMS
Grifols USA, LLC $17.16 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124740878 CMS
Grifols USA, LLC $14.50 12/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124740880 CMS
Kyowa Kirin, Inc. $27.50 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127025676 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $17.88 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145945650 CMS
Lundbeck LLC $16.45 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145945652 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $15.30 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118941363 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $15.03 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118941365 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.24 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131762602 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.44 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131962724 CMS
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $18.77 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151600171 CMS
UCB, Inc. $21.76 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143107108 CMS
UCB, Inc. $29.61 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143107110 CMS
UCB, Inc. $26.38 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143107112 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, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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