Sarah Cash, MD
Dermatology · Arden, NCNPI 1245216514
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $44,013 of the $61,405 with a category attached, or 71.7%. AbbVie accounts for 93.9% of it on its own, with 30 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $50,395 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $427 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in NC 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 250 payments — averaging $245.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$58K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$566
- Johnson & Johnson$429
- Sanofi$315
- Dermavant Sciences, Inc.$279
- Novartis$267
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$44,01372%
- Travel & lodging$10,15117%
- Food & beverage$7,21312%
- Education$290%
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 | 108 | $57,686 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $566 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 27 | $429 |
| Sanofi | 13 | $315 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $279 |
| Novartis | 10 | $267 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 10 | $247 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $246 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $212 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $200 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 7 | $137 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $115 |
| UCB, Inc. | 4 | $98 |
| Amgen | 4 | $88 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $74 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 5 | $69 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $65 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 4 | $59 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $52 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 1 | $10 |
| Organon | 1 | $6 |
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
$61,405 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 475 dermatology providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OtezlaApremilast | 54 | $256,422 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 24 | $120,054 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 13 | $98,761 |
| Fluorouracil | 56 | $4,649 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 101 | $3,617 |
| Ketoconazole | 80 | $1,358 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 19 | $1,314 |
| Calcipotriene | 12 | $1,226 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 38 | $1,140 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 181 | $1,130 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 60 | $1,128 |
| Metronidazole | 18 | $948 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 24 | $823 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 13 | $822 |
| Fluocinonide | 17 | $737 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| AmgenOtezla | $88 | $256,42254 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 475 dermatology providers in North Carolina.
Other dermatology in Arden
- Michael CogburnArden$21K
- Steven FeldmanWinston Salem$3.4M
- Nicole SeminaraHuntersville$1.4M
- Andrew LeeElkin$702K
- Christopher SayedChapel Hill$690K
- William HooverConcord$594K
- Patrick McElgunnCharlotte$565K
- George MagelHickory$554K
- Muneeb ShahClinton$451K
- John SoderbergCary$398K
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.