Brenda Wakham
Nurse Practitioner · Gulfport, MSNPI 1437267119
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.7% of the total across 276 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Gilead at 29.2% of the total. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in MS 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 276 payments — averaging $19.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Gilead$2K
- Viiv Healthcare Company$1K
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$533
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLC$366
- AbbVie$363
- Merck$360
- plus $949 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,15996%
- Education$2334%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilead | 84 | $1,574 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 62 | $1,247 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 18 | $533 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 21 | $366 |
| AbbVie | 21 | $363 |
| Merck | 17 | $360 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 13 | $256 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 14 | $228 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 5 | $95 |
| Shionogi Inc | 4 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $74 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $58 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $26 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Invivyd Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$5,392 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,090 nurse practitioner providers in Mississippi.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CabenuvaCabotegravir/Rilpivirine | 38 | $217,396 |
| DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine | 72 | $205,183 |
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 42 | $157,772 |
| JulucaDolutegravir/Rilpivirine | 37 | $122,156 |
| Egrifta SvTesamorelin Acetate | 12 | $85,754 |
| GenvoyaElviteg/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alafen | 22 | $80,194 |
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 22 | $77,499 |
| OctagamImmun Globg(Igg)/Malt/Iga Ov50 | 14 | $72,478 |
| PrezcobixDarunavir/Cobicistat | 16 | $56,775 |
| SymtuzaDarunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf | 12 | $55,572 |
| Isentress HdRaltegravir Potassium | 11 | $20,887 |
| Atovaquone | 16 | $9,309 |
| ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium | 11 | $6,671 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 138 | $6,324 |
| Rifampin | 60 | $6,010 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyCabenuva, Dovato, Juluca, Triumeq | $1,247 | $622,234169 claims |
| GileadBiktarvy, Genvoya | $1,574 | $237,96664 claims |
| Theratechnologies Inc.Egrifta Sv | $95 | $85,75412 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonPrezcobix | $74 | $56,77516 claims |
| MerckIsentress Hd | $360 | $20,88711 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 1,090 nurse practitioner providers in Mississippi.
Other nurse practitioner in Gulfport
- Mariah CoxGulfport$14K
- Brittany HicksGulfport$14K
- Robin AllenGulfport$6K
- Michelle StewartGulfport$6K
- Jared DeloachGulfport$6K
- Olivia GennarelliGulfport$5K
- Christina TreppendahlRidgeland$125K
- Jo Anna WarrenJackson$73K
- Marisa StringerBiloxi$68K
- Sara KlausFlowood$48K
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.