James Contestable, MD
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery · Portsmouth, VANPI 1902244817
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 18 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 24.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $555 and has fallen 66.6% since, to $185 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for mohs-micrographic surgery clinicians in VA, where the typical reported total is $1,276.
Across 18 payments — averaging $62.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.$269
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$223
- Incyte Corporation$180
- Amgen$125
- Kerecis Limited$120
- AbbVie$84
- plus $117 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,117100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $269 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 4 | $223 |
| Incyte Corporation | 3 | $180 |
| Amgen | 1 | $125 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $120 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $84 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $47 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$480
- YCANTH$269
- OPZELURA$132
- Otezla$125
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$120
How this compares
$1,117 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 36 mohs-micrographic surgery providers in Virginia.
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 mohs-micrographic surgery in Portsmouth
- Anis MiladiPortsmouth$59
- Brian JohnsonNorfolk$16K
- Sherry MaraghAshburn$12K
- Kristin BibeeCharlottesville$11K
- Kenneth NealArlington$9K
- James BotaNorfolk$9K
- Brian JohnsonNorfolk$5K
- Matthew WallaceRichmond$4K
- Soonyou KwonVienna$4K
- Amir BajoghliMc Lean$4K
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.