Candice Vazquez, APRN
Nurse Practitioner · Seattle, WANPI 1790282036
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.8% of the total across 184 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 31.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,295 and has fallen 90.6% since, to $216 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in WA 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 184 payments — averaging $27.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$842
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$653
- AstraZeneca$419
- Novartis$369
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$362
- plus $849 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2154%
- Food & beverage$4,88996%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 29 | $1,609 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 46 | $842 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 34 | $653 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $419 |
| Novartis | 19 | $369 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 14 | $362 |
| Merck | 8 | $267 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $209 |
| Amgen | 1 | $114 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $73 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $49 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
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.
- MitraClip System$366
- FARXIGA$258
- VERQUVO$239
- HeartMate Touch$169
- CARDIOMEMS$138
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$137
- Repatha$114
- JARDIANCE$110
How this compares
$5,104 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,466 nurse practitioner providers in Washington.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 38 | $30,450 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 35 | $30,047 |
| EliquisApixaban | 34 | $25,151 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 18 | $12,835 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 45 | $635 |
| Torsemide | 23 | $598 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 16 | $272 |
| Spironolactone | 39 | $264 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 28 | $264 |
| Furosemide | 34 | $200 |
| Losartan Potassium | 18 | $154 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 13 | $141 |
| Carvedilol | 16 | $119 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 13 | $88 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 13 | $75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $842 | $30,45038 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $369 | $30,04735 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $209 | $25,15134 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $419 | $12,83518 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 2,466 nurse practitioner providers in Washington.
Other nurse practitioner in Seattle
- Olga VoloshinaSeattle$279K
- Sandra ChristensenSeattle$244K
- Sonia GlennieSeattle$78K
- Lia Duque Estrada de BarrosSeattle$43K
- Vanessa DunleavySeattle$34K
- Lyne Schaefer AlfonseSeattle$18K
- Amy PerezSeattle$14K
- Mei Kuen Erica ToSeattle$13K
- Omeid HeidariSeattle$13K
- Cayla AlexanderSeattle$13K
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.