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 TOWE

Dental Providers Dentist Periodontics

NPI
1821222696
CMS profile
443888
Location
FREDERICK, MD

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$31,946.97

  • Reported across 117 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$18,037.92

16 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Dentsply Sirona Inc $15,995.00 1
Straumann USA LLC $1,994.85 14
COLGATE ORAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $48.07 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $534.57 14
PY2019 $541.93 15
PY2020 $1,364.04 6
PY2021 $321.50 13
PY2022 $750.35 25
PY2023 $10,396.66 28
PY2024 $18,037.92 16

Payment records · PY2024 (16)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 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
COLGATE ORAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $48.07 04/15/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119748599 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $15,995.00 09/17/2024 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123570268 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $9.89 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106588431 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $42.80 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106588439 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $874.95 02/08/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106591307 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $14.41 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106594611 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $246.85 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106605123 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $38.61 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106605097 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $22.01 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106608336 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $190.71 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106611068 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $21.59 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106613744 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $26.25 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112015816 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $200.00 10/17/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112013172 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $208.75 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112019443 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $75.00 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112025254 CMS
Straumann USA LLC $23.03 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112027848 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, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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