Lauren Fine, MD
Dermatology · Chicago, ILNPI 1790923241
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.2%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merz North America, Inc. at 42.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $12,624 and has fallen 93.1% since, to $872 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 429 payments — averaging $55.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$10K
- AbbVie$7K
- Pfizer$819
- Johnson & Johnson$738
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$537
- Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.$525
- plus $4K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,32510%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50010%
- Travel & lodging$8,04934%
- Food & beverage$10,77945%
- Education$1831%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 32 | $10,137 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 116 | $6,668 |
| Pfizer | 53 | $819 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 34 | $738 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 28 | $537 |
| Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 1 | $525 |
| Amgen | 11 | $513 |
| Sanofi | 18 | $445 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 24 | $444 |
| Novartis | 23 | $440 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $365 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $280 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 5 | $258 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 9 | $242 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 9 | $174 |
| Almirall LLC | 2 | $146 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $131 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| UCB, Inc. | 5 | $116 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $112 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 3 | $111 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Encore Dermatology Inc. | 5 | $75 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $65 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $37 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $22 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $19 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Organon | 1 | $11 |
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
$23,836 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 606 dermatology providers in Illinois.
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 dermatology in Chicago
- Raj ChovatiyaChicago$3.6M
- Peter LioChicago$2.4M
- Elizabeth KiracofeChicago$1.6M
- Carolyn JacobChicago$566K
- Walter LiszewskiChicago$414K
- Omer IbrahimChicago$313K
- Caroline RobinsonChicago$308K
- Smita AggarwalChicago$214K
- Tracee BlackburnChicago$180K
- Faiyaaz KalimullahChicago$137K
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.