Frank Mele, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Shelton, CTNPI 1720070063
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $35,770 of the $44,128 with a category attached, or 81.1%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Boehringer Ingelheim. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $16,162 and has fallen 89.8% since, to $1,645 in 2024. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in CT 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 31 payments — averaging $1423.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$44K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,75715%
- Speaking & faculty fees$35,77081%
- Travel & lodging$1,0202%
- Food & beverage$5811%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 31 | $44,128 |
How this compares
$44,128 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 491 diagnostic radiology providers in Connecticut.
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.
Other diagnostic radiology in Shelton
- Sarah StewartShelton$27K
- Thomas DibartholomeoShelton$9K
- John Paul VelascoShelton$3K
- Leslie ScouttNew Haven$507K
- Andrew ColucciNorwalk$269K
- David MadoffNew Haven$222K
- David GruenStamford$137K
- Ammar AnbariNorth Franklin$68K
- Julius ChapiroNew Haven$58K
- John LewinNew Haven$56K
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.