Julia Kauffman, MD
Dermatology · Bellaire, TXNPI 1467710806
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.6% of the total across 61 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 30.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $594, 3.0 times the $196 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for dermatology clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $4,085.
Across 61 payments — averaging $29.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$539
- Revance Therapeutics, Inc.$422
- Johnson & Johnson$249
- Lilly USA, LLC$106
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$99
- AbbVie$70
- plus $285 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,67495%
- Education$955%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 24 | $539 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $422 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $249 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $106 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 3 | $99 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $70 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $58 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Amgen | 2 | $47 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $29 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $17 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $12 |
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.
- DAXXIFY$379
How this compares
$1,769 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 1,098 dermatology providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 26 | $1,602 |
| Metronidazole | 21 | $960 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 36 | $903 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 77 | $834 |
| Fluorouracil | 14 | $813 |
| Fluconazole | 53 | $802 |
| Betamethasone Diprop AugmentedBetamethasone/Propylene Glyc | 28 | $756 |
| Tretinoin | 15 | $728 |
| Ketoconazole | 59 | $614 |
| Alclometasone Dipropionate | 12 | $518 |
| Minoxidil | 25 | $479 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 24 | $429 |
| Mupirocin | 33 | $241 |
| Finasteride | 17 | $182 |
| Hydrocortisone | 13 | $50 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Bellaire
- Craig TellerBellaire$1.3M
- Edward LainAustin$2.5M
- William CragunSan Antonio$2.2M
- Alpesh DesaiHouston$1.6M
- Jennifer CatherDallas$1.3M
- Emily BeckerSan Antonio$1.2M
- Ross RaduskyDallas$1.2M
- Joseph MerolaDallas$1.2M
- Daniel CarrascoAustin$1.1M
- Dale SchaeferAustin$1M
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.