Elisa Melendez, MD
Family Medicine · Thornton, CONPI 1962523555
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $5,600 of the $6,071 with a category attached, or 92.2%. Cardinal Health 110 LLC accounts for 92.2% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,245 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $56 in 2024. Among family medicine clinicians in CO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 34 payments — averaging $178.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cardinal Health 110 LLC$6K
- Exact Sciences$80
- Novo Nordisk$64
- Boehringer Ingelheim$48
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$42
- Merck$32
- plus $205 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,60092%
- Food & beverage$4598%
- Gifts$120%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Health 110 LLC | 6 | $5,600 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $80 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $64 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $48 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Merck | 2 | $32 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $25 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $23 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $13 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $12 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$6,071 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,079 family medicine providers in Colorado.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ShingrixVaricella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf | 21,631 | $3,761,245 |
| ArexvyRsvpref3 Antigen/As01e/Pf | 15,563 | $3,743,546 |
| AbrysvoRsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf | 6,143 | $1,508,480 |
| Boostrix TdapDiphth,pertuss(Acell),tet Vac | 10,644 | $589,093 |
| TwinrixHepatitis A And B Vaccine/Pf | 4,134 | $470,164 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 29 | $44,970 |
| Typhim ViTyphoid Vi Polysacch Vaccine | 342 | $41,034 |
| Adacel TdapDiph,pertuss(Acell),tet Vac/Pf | 708 | $38,761 |
| EliquisApixaban | 33 | $34,124 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 20 | $29,892 |
| HavrixHepatitis A Virus Vaccine/Pf | 343 | $29,368 |
| Yf-VaxYellow Fever Vaccine Live/Pf | 139 | $25,137 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 14 | $24,309 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 15 | $23,323 |
| M-M-R Ii VaccineMeasles,mumps,rubella Vacc/Pf | 185 | $16,715 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerAbrysvo, Eliquis | $25 | $1,542,6056,176 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Gardasil 9, Vaqta | $32 | $45,07497 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $26 | $44,97029 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $48 | $23,32315 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $12 | $16,53924 claims |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc.Menquadfi | $12 | $9,61762 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 95th percentile of 2,079 family medicine providers in Colorado.
Other family medicine in Thornton
- Kenneth HahnThornton$20K
- Philip RosenblumThornton$18K
- Kent SchreiberThornton$17K
- Suzanne NashThornton$15K
- James WeingartThornton$9K
- Ann ImhofThornton$9K
- Nancy StoudtThornton$8K
- Ethan LazarusDenver$688K
- Michael de NardisLarkspur$335K
- Matthew YoungColorado Springs$270K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.