Melody Tapp
Women's Health · Chesapeake, VANPI 1538259593
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 102 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 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $513 and has fallen 51.1% since, to $251 in 2025.
Across 102 payments — averaging $18.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$379
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$206
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$187
- Organon$172
- Bayer$138
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$131
- plus $675 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,887100%
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 | 30 | $379 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $206 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 9 | $187 |
| Organon | 10 | $172 |
| Bayer | 8 | $138 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 6 | $131 |
| Optumhealth Care Solutions, LLC | 2 | $98 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 6 | $96 |
| Biogen | 4 | $84 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 1 | $75 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $26 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $18 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,887 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 188 women's health providers in Virginia.
Other women's health in Chesapeake
- Kelly DavisChesapeake$3K
- Emma McClainChesapeake$943
- Claire SenecalChesapeake$843
- Heather PayneCharlottesville$28K
- Heather HallbergVirginia Beach$27K
- Whitney CottonVirginia Beach$14K
- Kara ParkerRichmond$10K
- Jenifer CotterVirginia Beach$6K
- Jessica JohnsonHampton$3K
- Elizabeth LambRichmond$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.