Kendall Melendi, APRN
Family · St Petersburg, FLNPI 1508479411
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 268 payments — averaging $26.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$900
- Sanofi$860
- Johnson & Johnson$657
- UCB, Inc.$476
- Novartis$445
- Lilly USA, LLC$439
- plus $3K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,68193%
- Education$4717%
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 | 34 | $900 |
| Sanofi | 32 | $860 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 35 | $657 |
| UCB, Inc. | 9 | $476 |
| Novartis | 23 | $445 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 14 | $439 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $437 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $411 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 13 | $387 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 15 | $245 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 6 | $227 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 14 | $204 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 8 | $184 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 8 | $175 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $146 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $146 |
| Amgen | 5 | $137 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $123 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $83 |
| Incyte Corporation | 3 | $63 |
| Almirall LLC | 3 | $60 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Hill Dermaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Organon | 2 | $32 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Smith+Nephew | 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$439
- ZORYVE$281
- DUPIXENT$261
- Bimzelx$246
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$146
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$146
- Rinvoq$126
- Sotyktu$125
- Tremfya$123
- NEMLUVIO$118
- OLUMIANT$115
How this compares
$7,152 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 14,618 family providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 11 | $40,164 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 46 | $1,806 |
| Ketoconazole | 100 | $1,283 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 51 | $507 |
| Hydrocortisone | 47 | $199 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 19 | $174 |
| Mupirocin | 16 | $122 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $89 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in St Petersburg
- John HuffakerVenice$8M
- Stephanie MompointMiami$4.5M
- Miguel TrujilloMiami Gardens$4.4M
- Itsel Cardenas RamonMiami$1M
- Lewis HarringtonTampa$954K
- Adam StrosbergFort Lauderdale$859K
- Danielle PharesFt Lauderdale$713K
- David RodriguezHialeah$658K
- Donna OrtizOrlando$417K
- Patrick SzarazMiami$327K
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.