Cherish Edwards
Nurse Practitioner · Mesa, AZNPI 1306617402
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 145 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 AbbVie at 34.4% of the total. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 145 payments — averaging $21.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Amgen$814
- UCB, Inc.$427
- AstraZeneca$191
- Lilly USA, LLC$164
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$70
- plus $387 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,130100%
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 | 43 | $1,078 |
| Amgen | 45 | $814 |
| UCB, Inc. | 19 | $427 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 9 | $191 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $164 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $59 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $48 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $44 |
| Organon | 2 | $33 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $31 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $24 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- Skyrizi$114
How this compares
$3,130 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,719 nurse practitioner providers in Arizona.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 19 | $169,062 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 107 | $5,772 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 117 | $4,638 |
| Leflunomide | 61 | $4,227 |
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 14 | $903 |
| Prednisone | 103 | $899 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 51 | $817 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $259 |
| Allopurinol | 20 | $151 |
| Methylprednisolone | 20 | $138 |
| Folic Acid | 16 | $109 |
| Meloxicam | 14 | $79 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Mesa
- Thea DavisMesa$14K
- Ann MooreGlendale$208K
- Sandra KurtinTucson$201K
- Kristen HerzogScottsdale$162K
- Krista ArredondoChandler$133K
- Shannon MorgensternOro Valley$71K
- Helena In't VeldPhoenix$64K
- Steven KalfusChandler$43K
- Dustin NickersonPhoenix$39K
- Shannon BoffeliFlagstaff$31K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.