Christopher Peluso
Nurse Practitioner · Phoenix, AZNPI 1649596701
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,986 of the $6,491 with a category attached, or 61.4%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Tris Pharma Inc at 54.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,136 and has fallen 72.4% since, to $867 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in AZ 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 239 payments — averaging $27.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tris Pharma Inc$4K
- Corium, LLC$2K
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$539
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$422
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$155
- Neos Therapeutics, LP$54
- plus $73 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50039%
- Food & beverage$3,98661%
- Education$50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tris Pharma Inc | 64 | $3,549 |
| Corium, LLC | 108 | $1,699 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 33 | $539 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 17 | $422 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $155 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 4 | $54 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $24 |
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.
- Quillichew ER$2,500
- Dyanavel XR$2,500
- Quillivant$2,500
- Azstarys$372
How this compares
$6,491 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,719 nurse practitioner providers in Arizona.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Dexmethylphenidate Hcl ErDexmethylphenidate Hcl | 23 | $4,024 |
| Dexmethylphenidate Hcl | 18 | $1,405 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 11 | $884 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 17 | $655 |
| Fluoxetine Hcl | 20 | $173 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Phoenix
- Helena In't VeldPhoenix$64K
- Dustin NickersonPhoenix$39K
- Ryan MobleyPhoenix$22K
- Anita PalandriPhoenix$20K
- Kristina WernerPhoenix$19K
- Miranda IsomPhoenix$17K
- Catherine LynnPhoenix$16K
- Edith GazoPhoenix$15K
- Dora QuanPhoenix$14K
- Rachael BennettPhoenix$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.