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 DAWN PALM

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Dermatology

NPI
1821265877
CMS profile
174008
Location
SOLANA BEACH, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$492,547.71

  • Reported across 581 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$8,321.11

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

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $8,000.00 2
Food and Beverage $321.11 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $8,060.93 9
ABBVIE INC. $157.09 4
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $103.09 3

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $86,713.58 135
PY2019 $41,880.04 122
PY2020 $84,010.86 83
PY2021 $117,117.45 90
PY2022 $96,871.79 70
PY2023 $57,632.88 65
PY2024 $8,321.11 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
ABBVIE INC. $130.00 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105172272 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $9.51 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105172274 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $4.90 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105172276 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $12.68 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105172278 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $11.29 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145320151 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $0.83 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145320153 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $23.21 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145320155 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $4,000.00 04/10/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145320157 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $8.89 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145320159 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $4,000.00 06/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145320161 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $2.75 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145320163 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $6.98 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145320165 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $6.98 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145320167 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $51.53 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146373140 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $33.79 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146373142 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $17.77 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146373138 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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