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 SEARS

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

NPI
1811290612
CMS profile
11107015
Location
RICHMOND, VA

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$2,393.85

  • Reported across 138 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$803.94

40 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 $803.94 40

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $447.60 31
PY2022 $444.74 31
PY2023 $697.57 36
PY2024 $803.94 40

Payment records · PY2024 (40)

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
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.39 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092346311 CMS
Celltrion USA Inc. $30.58 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1075866635 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $27.98 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139969081 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $28.98 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139969097 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $28.59 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139969121 CMS
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $16.62 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113652968 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $25.41 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078809948 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $19.19 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078811063 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $14.25 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078810644 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $6.27 09/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078810851 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $26.35 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078809365 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $23.72 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078810387 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $20.41 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078810479 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $37.10 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078809357 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $14.93 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078811375 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $15.61 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078809643 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $20.53 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078811319 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $16.02 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078810721 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $22.47 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078809801 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $29.20 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141885025 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $33.24 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141738197 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $18.51 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153540388 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $19.38 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153626241 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $24.27 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153538788 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $23.54 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153595707 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $23.65 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153545633 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $25.19 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153603595 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $19.59 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153689094 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $19.66 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153730993 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $22.26 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137821731 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $0.37 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137821733 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $25.75 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137821735 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $25.40 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137821737 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $0.52 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137821739 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $27.84 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137821741 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $0.74 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137821743 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $13.83 07/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137821745 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $18.15 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137821747 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $0.67 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137821749 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $20.78 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137821751 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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