Melissa King, MD
Dermatology · Richmond, VANPI 1760421416
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $13,313 of the $15,073 with a category attached, or 88.3%. It is spread thinly across 34 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 727 payments — averaging $20.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- Amgen$1K
- Sanofi$796
- plus $7K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,50010%
- Food & beverage$13,31388%
- Education$2602%
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(2 entities) | 125 | $2,279 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 7 | $1,688 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 83 | $1,355 |
| UCB, Inc. | 65 | $1,106 |
| Amgen | 38 | $1,008 |
| Sanofi | 30 | $796 |
| Pfizer | 46 | $727 |
| Novartis | 41 | $716 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 31 | $691 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 37 | $622 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 24 | $589 |
| Incyte Corporation | 24 | $588 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 29 | $529 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 35 | $525 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 26 | $364 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 21 | $349 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 14 | $242 |
| Almirall LLC | 6 | $130 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $105 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 6 | $101 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 4 | $101 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | $63 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 4 | $62 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Organon | 2 | $45 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Prugen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals | 6 | $38 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $29 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 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.
- ALTRENO$1,500
How this compares
$15,073 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 396 dermatology providers in Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 91 | $3,538 |
| Metronidazole | 60 | $2,683 |
| Ketoconazole | 75 | $2,431 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 30 | $1,949 |
| Fluocinonide | 41 | $1,292 |
| Ciclopirox | 56 | $966 |
| Hydrocortisone | 97 | $687 |
| Betamethasone Diprop AugmentedBetamethasone/Propylene Glyc | 11 | $684 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 13 | $587 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 57 | $565 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 36 | $456 |
| Mupirocin | 46 | $328 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Richmond
- Mohammed DanyRichmond$74K
- Suzanne PeckRichmond$51K
- Victoria GrossRichmond$14K
- Margaret TerhuneRichmond$13K
- Naiem IssaVienna$2M
- Saurabh SinghFairfax$1.7M
- Diego DasilvaVirginia Beach$1.1M
- Vishal PatelLeesburg$719K
- Cyndi Torosky TommasoVirginia Beach$717K
- Daniel HurdBlacksburg$545K
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.