Mara Weinstein Velez, MD
Dermatology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1447549993
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.3%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Merz North America, Inc. accounts for 66.6% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $76,930, more than ten times the $587 reported in 2019. Among dermatology clinicians in OH 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 82 payments — averaging $1165.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$64K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$27K
- AbbVie$3K
- Sanofi$1K
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$68
Across 3 payments — averaging $11,059 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Bausch Health US, LLC$33K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$55,70258%
- Speaking & faculty fees$26,60028%
- Travel & lodging$8,5149%
- Food & beverage$4,7835%
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. | 56 | $63,653 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 15 | $27,169 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $3,454 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $1,256 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $68 |
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
$95,599 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 460 dermatology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 13 | $166 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 16 | $138 |
| Cefadroxil | 11 | $90 |
| Dutasteride | 21 | $86 |
| Minoxidil | 25 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Cleveland
- Neil KormanCleveland$824K
- Shilpi KhetarpalCleveland$383K
- Anthony FernandezCleveland$352K
- Alex HirshCleveland$159K
- Samantha PollyCleveland$80K
- Wilma BergfeldCleveland$35K
- David HamrockCleveland$19K
- Matthew ZirwasBexley$3.3M
- George DrewMarion$1.9M
- Rocco SerraoDayton$1.7M
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.