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

MELINDA L CHERRINGTON

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Nurse Practitioner Family

NPI
1801156633
CMS profile
10633384
Location
KANSAS CITY, MO

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$2,530.70

  • Reported across 125 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$794.31

46 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 $694.32 45
Education $99.99 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $237.77 3
COLOPLAST CORP $233.39 32
Astellas Pharma US Inc $118.72 2
ConvaTec Inc. $75.96 3
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. $46.89 2
Endo USA, Inc. $24.86 1
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $24.85 1
ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. $16.72 1
ABBVIE INC. $15.15 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $452.25 18
PY2022 $486.70 13
PY2023 $797.44 48
PY2024 $794.31 46

Payment records · PY2024 (46)

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. $15.15 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106909990 CMS
ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. $16.72 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144937820 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $18.73 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139496626 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $99.99 07/16/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139460908 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $5.14 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451869 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $14.08 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451871 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $2.08 02/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451885 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $8.09 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451883 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $4.21 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451897 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $3.73 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451891 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $3.27 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451903 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $6.54 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451909 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $7.16 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451899 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $17.53 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451917 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $10.11 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451923 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $7.00 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451927 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $2.40 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451931 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $3.64 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451935 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $3.15 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451943 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $29.11 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451947 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $11.70 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451951 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $5.61 06/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451953 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $12.06 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451959 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $2.17 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451961 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $5.01 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451965 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $9.11 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451971 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $2.50 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451973 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $4.93 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451979 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $8.78 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451985 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $8.98 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451993 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $4.13 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451989 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $0.91 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117451997 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $10.34 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117452001 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $2.87 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117452009 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $6.21 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117452013 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $10.84 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117452005 CMS
ConvaTec Inc. $28.32 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151388711 CMS
ConvaTec Inc. $32.26 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151388713 CMS
ConvaTec Inc. $15.38 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151388715 CMS
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. $22.03 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137019184 CMS
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. $24.86 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137019186 CMS
Endo USA, Inc. $24.86 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138591516 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $19.76 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116993386 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $71.74 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116993388 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $146.27 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116993390 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $24.85 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141571743 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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