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

MELISSA A BARNETT

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant

NPI
1811345218
CMS profile
11002174
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$847.52

  • Reported across 27 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$551.80

15 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 $326.82 12
Education $224.98 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Astellas Pharma US Inc $243.75 5
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $150.08 4
Incyte Corporation $59.42 2
ABBVIE INC. $27.29 1
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $24.87 1
PFIZER INC. $24.63 1
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC $21.76 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $57.06 3
PY2022 $43.93 2
PY2023 $194.73 7
PY2024 $551.80 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

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. $27.29 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106486276 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $32.14 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139516759 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $29.62 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139507133 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $74.99 08/01/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139526536 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $32.01 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139551225 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $74.99 11/13/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139543328 CMS
Incyte Corporation $29.86 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141234815 CMS
Incyte Corporation $29.56 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141189099 CMS
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC $21.76 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078860229 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $24.87 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141861194 CMS
PFIZER INC. $24.63 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131395356 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $75.00 01/24/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139925825 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $28.90 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139925831 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $29.10 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139925863 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $17.08 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139925883 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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