April Wesson
Nurse Practitioner · Tampa, FLNPI 1598019143
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $310,427 of the $341,705 with a category attached, or 90.8%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Merck. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in FL 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 657 payments — averaging $520.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$342K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$310,42791%
- Travel & lodging$22,2337%
- Food & beverage$9,0453%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 657 | $341,705 |
How this compares
$341,705 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 8,290 nurse practitioner providers in Florida.
Other nurse practitioner in Tampa
- Lisa NodzonTampa$246K
- Ashima BahlTampa$226K
- Jennifer PuleoTampa$171K
- Melissa CarverTampa$129K
- Jerrica FariasTampa$127K
- Sara TinsleyTampa$93K
- Erin ParkinsonTampa$65K
- Michele LaineTampa$58K
- Jana BucknerTampa$58K
- Tiffany TrentTampa$47K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.