Chad Miller
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered · Saint Paul, NENPI 1285995175
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.6%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated accounts for 100.0% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Among nurse anesthetist, certified registered clinicians in NE 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 267 payments — averaging $361.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$97K
- Edwards Lifesciences$15
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49,75852%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,33517%
- Travel & lodging$27,34628%
- Food & beverage$3,0793%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 266 | $96,503 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$96,518 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 386 nurse anesthetist, certified registered providers in Nebraska.
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Other nurse anesthetist, certified registered in Saint Paul
- Paula BowersoxOmaha$2K
- Samuel SimsGrant$2K
- Travis TonnigesHastings$2K
- Josh HillMcCook$2K
- Bonnie CaseyOmaha$2K
- Jill JohnsonOmaha$2K
- Katrina LongeFremont$1K
- Amy BeardOmaha$1K
- Blake MeyersLincoln$1K
- Valerie ShawPender$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.