Melissa Tauer, NP
Gerontology · Beverly Hills, CANPI 1396218236
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.4% of the total across 250 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 33 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,485 and has fallen 96.9% since, to $76 in 2025. Among gerontology clinicians in CA 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 250 payments — averaging $24.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$699
- GSK$665
- Bayer$632
- Harmony Biosciences LLC$569
- Sanofi$405
- Novartis$360
- plus $3K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,78195%
- Education$2815%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 23 | $699 |
| GSK | 33 | $665 |
| Bayer | 31 | $632 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 22 | $569 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $405 |
| Novartis | 16 | $360 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 11 | $323 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $317 |
| Amgen | 13 | $301 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $277 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 11 | $186 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 7 | $130 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $112 |
| AstraZeneca | 6 | $112 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $105 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $100 |
| Eisai Inc. | 5 | $89 |
| Gilead | 4 | $84 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $63 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $52 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 3 | $47 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $42 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $21 |
| Biogen | 1 | $21 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Linus Health, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| G Medical Diagnostic Services, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$6,062 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 348 gerontology providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PaxlovidNirmatrelvir/Ritonavir | 17 | $1,429 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 17 | $514 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 46 | $437 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 26 | $230 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 24 | $186 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $108 |
| Naproxen | 19 | $96 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $94 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 12 | $44 |
| Cephalexin | 15 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gerontology in Beverly Hills
- Lovely IsraelSanta Monica$95K
- Leslie TarlowLos Angeles$58K
- Christine PartamianPorter Ranch$41K
- Elsa Pineda-FloresLos Angeles$24K
- Maria MottaDuarte$23K
- Daniel ChiuOrange$17K
- Katiaryna KulinichChula Vista$15K
- Nataliya OsorioRiverside$13K
- Anne Marie de Joya ReeveDuarte$11K
- Wendy AlmonteLemoore$11K
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.