Joanne Simpson
Dermatology · Salisbury, NCNPI 1184746455
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 198 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,682 and has fallen 64.8% since, to $592 in 2023.
Across 198 payments — averaging $24.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Pfizer$572
- Lilly USA, LLC$460
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$393
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$388
- Novartis$346
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,84999%
- Education$281%
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(2 entities) | 38 | $1,148 |
| Pfizer | 27 | $572 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $460 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 16 | $393 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 17 | $388 |
| Novartis | 16 | $346 |
| Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $278 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $250 |
| UCB, Inc. | 6 | $220 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $133 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $103 |
| Almirall LLC | 3 | $82 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Sandoz | 3 | $51 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $43 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $40 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $16 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$4,877 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 475 dermatology providers in North Carolina.
Other dermatology in Salisbury
- Steven FeldmanWinston Salem$3.4M
- Nicole SeminaraHuntersville$1.4M
- Andrew LeeElkin$702K
- Christopher SayedChapel Hill$690K
- William HooverConcord$594K
- Patrick McElgunnCharlotte$565K
- George MagelHickory$554K
- Muneeb ShahClinton$451K
- John SoderbergCary$398K
- Rosalyn GeorgeWilmington$346K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.