Sheila Farhang, MD
Dermatology · Oro Valley, AZNPI 1689087348
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $96,149 of the $152,697 with a category attached, or 63.0%. Merz North America, Inc. accounts for 92.6% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $64,299, more than ten times the $321 reported in 2019. Among dermatology clinicians in AZ 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 107 payments — averaging $1427.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merz North America, Inc.$141K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$7K
- AbbVie$4K
- Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$109
- Abiomed$77
- Boston Scientific$57
- plus $145 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$96,14963%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,0885%
- Travel & lodging$46,25230%
- Food & beverage$3,2092%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merz North America, Inc. | 72 | $141,322 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 5 | $7,138 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 19 | $3,850 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $109 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $77 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $57 |
| Regeneron | 1 | $45 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries 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
$152,697 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 305 dermatology providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cephalexin | 74 | $227 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 13 | $116 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 13 | $91 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 15 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Oro Valley
- Michelle GoedkenOro Valley$50K
- Lindsay AckermanPhoenix$1.6M
- Kathleen ObrienTucson$742K
- Nathalie ZeitouniPhoenix$584K
- John KastelerGilbert$456K
- Anthony NuaraScottsdale$432K
- Carsten HamannPhoenix$364K
- James SlighTucson$238K
- Aaron MangoldScottsdale$171K
- Susan van DykeParadise Valley$164K
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.