Melyssa Hancock, MD
Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery · Boca Raton, FLNPI 1770927642
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,858 of the $4,756 with a category attached, or 81.1%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aerin Medical Inc. at 29.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,450 and has fallen 79.3% since, to $300 in 2025.
Across 116 payments — averaging $41.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$1K
- Optinose US, Inc.$685
- Acclarent, Inc$346
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$321
- Sanofi$301
- AbbVie$275
- plus $1K from 16 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $4350.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Livanova USA, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$84518%
- Food & beverage$3,85881%
- Entertainment$521%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 14 | $1,405 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 24 | $685 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 8 | $346 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $321 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $301 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $275 |
| GSK | 13 | $268 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $238 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Stryker | 4 | $188 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 2 | $95 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $77 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 3 | $70 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| ARS Pharmaceuticals Operations, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Photonicare Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Acera Surgical, 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
$4,756 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 48 otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 106 | $2,395 |
| Budesonide | 13 | $2,073 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 23 | $492 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 13 | $390 |
| Mupirocin | 39 | $237 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 21 | $182 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 11 | $152 |
| Prednisone | 20 | $111 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 12 | $106 |
| Levofloxacin | 19 | $64 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology/facial plastic surgery in Boca Raton
- Jeffery MagnusonCelebration$37K
- Ryan GeggSanta Rosa Beach$11K
- Paul di PasqualeWesley Chapel$10K
- David GerthMiami$9K
- Michael SeidmanCelebration$9K
- Maria ComptonPort Charlotte$7K
- David CarlsonJacksonville$6K
- Janet LeeTampa$5K
- Todd ParnesDelray Beach$5K
- Joseph DerbyshireZephyrhills$5K
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.