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 KAORI S LITAO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology

NPI
1992140727
CMS profile
10311996
Location
KANSAS CITY, MO

General Payments · PY2022–2024

$527.43

  • Reported across 22 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$228.60

11 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 $228.60 11

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ABBVIE INC. $72.95 3
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $71.31 3
PFIZER INC. $32.65 2
TOLMAR, INC. $22.88 1
Ascendis Pharma Inc $14.58 1
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.23 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2022 $121.86 2
PY2023 $176.97 9
PY2024 $228.60 11

Payment records · PY2024 (11)

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

Program year 2024 20222023 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. $28.71 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104889571 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.64 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104889573 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $23.60 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104889575 CMS
Ascendis Pharma Inc $14.58 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133843490 CMS
PFIZER INC. $15.45 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131493651 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.20 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131556113 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $26.00 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139933143 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $19.23 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139933189 CMS
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC $26.08 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139933229 CMS
Tolmar, Inc. $22.88 04/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138711270 CMS
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14.23 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144605548 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
2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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