Cherie Nydegger
Family · Kansas City, MONPI 1891448593
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $10,950 of the $17,074 with a category attached, or 64.1%. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 95.8% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $10,917 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $403 in 2025. Among family clinicians in MO 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 82 payments — averaging $208.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$16K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$162
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.$74
- Irhythm Technologies, Inc.$63
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$49
- Novartis$48
- plus $312 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,95064%
- Travel & lodging$4,18625%
- Food & beverage$1,93811%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 56 | $16,365 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Novartis | 2 | $48 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $40 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $36 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| GSK | 1 | $24 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $14 |
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
$17,074 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,812 family providers in Missouri.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Fluconazole | 11 | $152 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Kansas City
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- Oyinkan PennyKansas City$36K
- Goldie BenzKansas City$27K
- Lucy Carter ReardonKansas City$25K
- Lyla MastersKansas City$22K
- Donna McCurryKansas City$20K
- Mary Zahau LoehnerKansas City$20K
- Charity SlaytonKansas City$17K
- Samantha IrwinKansas City$17K
- Christen CraigKansas City$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.