Becky Sharp
Nurse Practitioner · Rapid City, SDNPI 1568912996
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,084 of the $4,413 with a category attached, or 69.9%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 51.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,316, 4.9 times the $472 reported in 2021. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in SD 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 74 payments — averaging $59.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$174
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$125
- Merck$113
- Boston Scientific$82
- plus $45 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,32830%
- Food & beverage$3,08470%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 19 | $2,254 |
| Medtronic | 45 | $1,621 |
| Abbott | 2 | $174 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Merck | 1 | $113 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $82 |
| Novartis | 1 | $24 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$989
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$266
- CoreValve Evolut$153
- IN.PACT AV$125
- ONPATTRO$125
- TRICLIP$121
- WINREVAIR$113
How this compares
$4,413 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 504 nurse practitioner providers in South Dakota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 52 | $35,929 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $9,379 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 223 | $2,082 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 91 | $1,041 |
| Potassium Chloride | 34 | $319 |
| Losartan Potassium | 27 | $252 |
| Furosemide | 68 | $215 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 13 | $141 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 16 | $136 |
| Carvedilol | 26 | $115 |
| Spironolactone | 12 | $85 |
| Lisinopril | 26 | $62 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 13 | $33 |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | 11 | $28 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 14 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Rapid City
- Roger DeraadRapid City$6K
- Kristen NelsonRapid City$5K
- Caiti KeanRapid City$5K
- Shari FechnerRapid City$4K
- Michele DelzerRapid City$3K
- Marie PattonRapid City$3K
- Joel KirstRapid City$3K
- Christina GrahamRapid City$3K
- Connie TschetterRapid City$3K
- Kristine LarsonRapid City$3K
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.