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

HECTOR J MELENDEZ-GONZALEZ

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

NPI
1861819021
CMS profile
5693454
Location
CAGUAS, PR

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,381.17

  • Reported across 92 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,980.23

25 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 $1,035.43 22
Travel and Lodging $944.80 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $1,271.58 9
ViiV Healthcare Company $223.72 5
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $173.90 3
Shionogi Inc $124.99 1
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $94.72 3
Insmed, Inc. $41.32 2
Medtronic, Inc. $25.00 1
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $25.00 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $787.66 16
PY2019 $410.12 13
PY2020 $191.78 9
PY2021 $273.28 9
PY2022 $224.37 9
PY2023 $513.73 11
PY2024 $1,980.23 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

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
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $25.00 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101500377 CMS
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $25.00 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133808523 CMS
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $125.00 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133808525 CMS
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $23.90 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133808527 CMS
Insmed, Inc. $18.93 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089557866 CMS
Insmed, Inc. $22.39 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089557888 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $29.82 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078169863 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $27.50 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078170037 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $37.40 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078170315 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.00 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119522828 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $476.78 11/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141684097 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $120.64 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141684101 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $234.01 11/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141865928 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $56.14 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141684091 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $234.01 11/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141684093 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $50.00 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141684095 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $35.00 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141865922 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $35.00 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141684089 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $30.00 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141684099 CMS
Shionogi Inc $124.99 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154336158 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $125.00 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112776048 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $25.00 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112713368 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $22.50 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112711906 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $26.22 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112712454 CMS
ViiV Healthcare Company $25.00 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112827899 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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