Christina Benninger
Nurse Practitioner · Louisville, KYNPI 1881970390
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (44.2%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. accounts for 81.4% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $33,874 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $48 in 2024. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in KY 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 213 payments — averaging $381.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$66K
- Johnson & Johnson$10K
- Merck$2K
- Abbott$539
- Inari Medical, Inc.$462
- Bayer$461
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,95013%
- Speaking & faculty fees$35,90044%
- Travel & lodging$25,48331%
- Food & beverage$8,85711%
- Education$900%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 158 | $66,165 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $10,114 |
| Merck | 8 | $2,152 |
| Abbott | 3 | $539 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 3 | $462 |
| Bayer | 6 | $461 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 4 | $375 |
| GSK | 3 | $215 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 3 | $145 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $125 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $120 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $112 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $108 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $102 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $51 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $35 |
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.
- OPSUMIT$62,438
- UPTRAVI$57,985
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$806
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$227
- CARDIOMEMS$163
- CentriMag$149
- Impella$125
- TREPROSTINIL$120
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$118
- CAMZYOS$112
- TRELEGY ELLIPTA$112
- HemoSphere$108
- VITALPATCH RTM$106
- Adempas$105
- BREZTRI$102
How this compares
$81,280 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,918 nurse practitioner providers in Kentucky.
Other nurse practitioner in Louisville
- Tara MuddLouisville$243K
- Lee HaasLouisville$95K
- Ashley KnableLouisville$86K
- Rebecca BraunerLouisville$40K
- Thomas FreelsLouisville$20K
- Christy BakerLouisville$18K
- Blair WagnerLouisville$15K
- Kathryn WestLouisville$13K
- Kimberly RobinsonLouisville$13K
- Mistie TeerLouisville$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.