Cathy Kessenich
Nurse Practitioner · Tampa, FLNPI 1841271996
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 49 payments — averaging $104.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$617
- Sanofi$454
- Boston Scientific$447
- Abbott$423
- Dexcom, Inc.$326
- Novo Nordisk$319
- plus $3K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,120100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 6 | $617 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $454 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $447 |
| Abbott | 3 | $423 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $326 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $319 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $250 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $249 |
| Amgen | 2 | $249 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $206 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $187 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $124 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 2 | $118 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $114 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $103 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $101 |
| GSK | 1 | $100 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $83 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $83 |
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.
- Korlym$250
- INGREZZA$249
- DEXCOM G7 GSS (161)$243
- VRAYLAR$243
- WATCHMAN Access System$228
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$157
- FreeStyle Libre 2$145
- FABRAZYME$142
- Austedo XR$133
- DEXCOM STELO GLUCOSE BIOSENSOR$130
- WATCHMAN FLX$129
- Ozempic$125
- AIMOVIG$125
- CERDELGA$125
- CEREZYME$125
- NEXLIZET$125
- NEXLETOL$125
- NURTEC ODT$124
- KRYSTEXXA$124
- UPTRAVI$121
How this compares
$5,120 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 8,290 nurse practitioner providers in Florida.
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 | 19 | $17,381 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 31 | $878 |
| Gabapentin | 45 | $493 |
| Omeprazole | 38 | $356 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 43 | $354 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 30 | $352 |
| Sumatriptan Succinate | 13 | $313 |
| Lisinopril | 49 | $288 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 54 | $284 |
| Simvastatin | 21 | $223 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 39 | $214 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 13 | $211 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 19 | $210 |
| Azithromycin | 33 | $180 |
| Losartan Potassium | 25 | $160 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Tampa
- April WessonTampa$342K
- 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
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.