Paul Friedman
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1962495648
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $97,998 of the $130,722 with a category attached, or 75.0%. Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC accounts for 85.4% of it on its own, with 32 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $40,768 and has fallen 62.4% since, to $15,313 in 2025. Among mohs-micrographic surgery clinicians in TX with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 319 payments — averaging $409.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$112K
- AbbVie$7K
- Merz North America, Inc.$5K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$3K
- Amgen$643
- Sanofi$467
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$97,99875%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,40516%
- Food & beverage$7,5576%
- Education$770%
- Gifts$4,6854%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 35 | $111,675 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 96 | $6,926 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 4 | $5,418 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 30 | $3,179 |
| Amgen | 26 | $643 |
| Sanofi | 21 | $467 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 19 | $364 |
| Novartis | 12 | $327 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $228 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $154 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $138 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 8 | $134 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $123 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 4 | $111 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $108 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $90 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 4 | $90 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 6 | $88 |
| Incyte Corporation | 3 | $74 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $69 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $65 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Almirall LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 2 | $17 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Apyx Medical Corporation | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Clear & Brilliant$8,092
- BOTOX$1,575
- DAXXIFY$228
- BOTOX COSMETIC$138
How this compares
$130,722 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 109 mohs-micrographic surgery providers in Texas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 19 | $266 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 27 | $201 |
| Prednisone | 14 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other mohs-micrographic surgery in Houston
- Janet LiHouston$9K
- Joseph SedrakHouston$8K
- Valencia ThomasHouston$5K
- Sonal ParikhHouston$3K
- Leon ChenHouston$1K
- Aaron FarbergRockwall$1.5M
- Suneel ChilukuriBellaire$288K
- Ryan O QuinnSan Antonio$167K
- Brent SpencerFrisco$45K
- Julie CroleyThe Woodlands$30K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.