Frances Beard, MD
Dermatopathology · Memphis, TNNPI 1770550659
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.7% of the total across 475 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 26.1% of the total. Among dermatopathology clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 475 payments — averaging $19.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Sanofi$1K
- Novartis$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$764
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$615
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$457
- plus $3K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$200%
- Food & beverage$9,01597%
- Education$2893%
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 | 146 | $2,431 |
| Sanofi | 52 | $1,083 |
| Novartis | 59 | $1,076 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 32 | $764 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 27 | $615 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 20 | $457 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 21 | $412 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 13 | $351 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 17 | $311 |
| UCB, Inc. | 11 | $274 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 18 | $273 |
| Incyte Corporation | 5 | $222 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 12 | $207 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $193 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $97 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $76 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 2 | $62 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Misonix Inc | 2 | $51 |
| Amgen | 2 | $43 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Sweetbio, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Mckesson Medical-surgical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $19 |
| Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Organon | 1 | $17 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $8 |
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
$9,324 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 20 dermatopathology providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 90 | $1,484 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 46 | $1,466 |
| Metronidazole | 36 | $1,244 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 44 | $848 |
| Fluocinonide | 17 | $581 |
| Famciclovir | 17 | $570 |
| Finasteride | 31 | $457 |
| Mupirocin | 39 | $351 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 27 | $289 |
| Hydrocortisone | 27 | $174 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 13 | $160 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatopathology in Memphis
- John HuberMemphis$11K
- Frances LawheadMemphis$9K
- Dallas ProvenceMemphis$8K
- Robin Friedman-MusicanteMemphis$6K
- Joya SahuMemphis$386
- Barry WhiteMemphis$267
- Tejesh PatelMemphis$190
- Milton RandallMemphis$69
- Lee AllenMemphis$23
- Kandice BaileyNashville$1K
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.