Caroline Vaughn
Dermatology · Houston, TXNPI 1194352617
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 209 payments — averaging $30.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Novartis$532
- UCB, Inc.$487
- Johnson & Johnson$448
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$355
- Incyte Corporation$302
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,27299%
- Education$661%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 40 | $1,504 |
| Novartis | 23 | $532 |
| UCB, Inc. | 10 | $487 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $448 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 7 | $355 |
| Incyte Corporation | 15 | $302 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $301 |
| Sanofi | 10 | $287 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $287 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $287 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $285 |
| Organon | 11 | $271 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $256 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $256 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 5 | $79 |
| Amgen | 4 | $60 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 3 | $47 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $34 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Springworks Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$6,338 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 1,098 dermatology providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OtezlaApremilast | 20 | $109,715 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 16 | $61,778 |
| Fluocinonide | 32 | $1,166 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 70 | $794 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 28 | $776 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 20 | $762 |
| Ketoconazole | 40 | $517 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 12 | $350 |
| Hydrocortisone | 44 | $262 |
| Nystatin | 14 | $179 |
| Minoxidil | 14 | $118 |
| Mupirocin | 12 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenOtezla | $60 | $109,71520 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 55th percentile of 1,098 dermatology providers in Texas.
Other dermatology in Houston
- Michael MigdenHouston$3.7M
- Megan CouvillionHouston$3M
- Alpesh DesaiHouston$2.7M
- Suzanne BruceHouston$2.2M
- Geeta PatelHouston$626K
- Madeleine DuvicHouston$597K
- Auris HuenHouston$323K
- Catherine PapasakelariouHouston$289K
- Anisha PatelHouston$268K
- Stephen TyringWebster$14.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.