Melodie Victoria Lacson
Family · San Marcos, CANPI 1588370332
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 202 payments — averaging $20.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$822
- AbbVie$676
- Novartis$493
- UCB, Inc.$397
- Johnson & Johnson$326
- GSK$307
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,08696%
- Education$1544%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 44 | $822 |
| AbbVie | 40 | $676 |
| Novartis | 17 | $493 |
| UCB, Inc. | 19 | $397 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $326 |
| GSK | 14 | $307 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $224 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $182 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $144 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $132 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $88 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 3 | $83 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $79 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 3 | $58 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
How this compares
$4,240 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 10,634 family providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 185 | $6,779 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 65 | $1,314 |
| Leflunomide | 35 | $1,247 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 23 | $279 |
| Prednisone | 59 | $214 |
| Folic Acid | 15 | $181 |
| Allopurinol | 31 | $105 |
| Meloxicam | 30 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in San Marcos
- Lori RobertsonChino Hills$475K
- Annette ShonLos Angeles$406K
- Nancy GardettoSan Diego$394K
- Lisa HigginsHanford$311K
- Jennifer TougasBakersfield$302K
- Kim SchaferSacramento$288K
- Dawn MeyerSan Diego$270K
- Jennifer KangCerritos$255K
- Jenine StoneEscondido$231K
- Erin DwyerSan Diego$189K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.