Michael Welsch, MD
Dermatology · Lombard, ILNPI 1932175767
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 105 payments — averaging $20.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$422
- Johnson & Johnson$310
- AbbVie$280
- Novartis$223
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$150
- Pfizer$145
- plus $606 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,136100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $422 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $310 |
| AbbVie | 14 | $280 |
| Novartis | 11 | $223 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 8 | $150 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $145 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $72 |
| Amgen | 4 | $66 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $36 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $26 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,136 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 606 dermatology providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 12 | $43,730 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 12 | $43,554 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 62 | $4,951 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 22 | $1,620 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 101 | $1,578 |
| Ketoconazole | 105 | $1,500 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide | 21 | $1,088 |
| Spironolactone | 43 | $577 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 11 | $344 |
| Minoxidil | 48 | $328 |
| Hydroxyzine Hcl | 20 | $222 |
| Hydrocortisone | 39 | $199 |
| Mupirocin | 13 | $146 |
| Finasteride | 12 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Lombard
- Michael BukhaloRolling Meadows$6.8M
- Stephanie MehlisSkokie$6.4M
- Ahmad AminNaperville$4.6M
- George LewittNorthbrook$4M
- Raj ChovatiyaChicago$3.7M
- Peter LioChicago$2.5M
- Paul GetzWest Dundee$2.4M
- Kyle AmberBerwyn$2.3M
- Elizabeth KiracofeChicago$1.6M
- Lana SchmidtEffingham$1.3M
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.