Melissa Abrams, MD
Dermatology · Vernon Hills, ILNPI 1023284635
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $531,760 of the $600,048 with a category attached, or 88.6%. 36 manufacturers reported payments, led by Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. at 40.0% of the total. Among dermatology clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 1,168 payments — averaging $513.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$240K
- Sanofi$210K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$94K
- Organon$29K
- Pfizer$10K
- Novartis$8K
- plus $10K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,8072%
- Speaking & faculty fees$531,76089%
- Travel & lodging$32,9325%
- Food & beverage$21,3804%
- Education$1700%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 238 | $240,153 |
| Sanofi | 177 | $209,603 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 152 | $93,572 |
| Organon | 44 | $29,173 |
| Pfizer | 70 | $9,575 |
| Novartis | 91 | $7,585 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 36 | $3,118 |
| AbbVie | 81 | $1,591 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 49 | $1,083 |
| Incyte Corporation | 27 | $699 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 37 | $584 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 31 | $563 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 20 | $486 |
| UCB, Inc. | 22 | $466 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 20 | $342 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 16 | $312 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $198 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $126 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $119 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 5 | $110 |
| Almirall LLC | 5 | $90 |
| Amgen | 4 | $77 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 3 | $54 |
| Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $44 |
| Promius Pharma LLC | 2 | $43 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Encore Dermatology Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $37 |
| Novum Pharma, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$600,048 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 11 | $41,162 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 12 | $412 |
| Ketoconazole | 20 | $194 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 24 | $181 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Vernon Hills
- Ahmad AminNaperville$4.1M
- Raj ChovatiyaChicago$3.6M
- George LewittNorthbrook$3M
- Peter LioChicago$2.4M
- Elizabeth KiracofeChicago$1.6M
- Lana SchmidtEffingham$1.3M
- Carolyn JacobChicago$566K
- Walter LiszewskiChicago$414K
- Emily RubensteinLincolnshire$359K
- Craig NeitzelChampaign$321K
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.