Christopher Tollefson, APRN
Nurse Practitioner · Topeka, KSNPI 1528315561
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 24 payments — averaging $59.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$528
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$406
- Boston Scientific$213
- Medtronic$165
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$60
- Abiomed$45
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,417100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 5 | $528 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 10 | $406 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $213 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $165 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $60 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $45 |
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.
- LEQVIO$356
- WATCHMAN FLX$129
How this compares
$1,417 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,326 nurse practitioner providers in Kansas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 169 | $122,103 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 34 | $28,604 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 27 | $14,848 |
| Ezetimibe | 159 | $2,773 |
| Carvedilol | 270 | $1,785 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 324 | $1,627 |
| Digoxin | 24 | $1,550 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 191 | $1,541 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 136 | $1,320 |
| Losartan Potassium | 134 | $1,220 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 34 | $1,017 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 98 | $991 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 122 | $885 |
| Lisinopril | 123 | $763 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 86 | $672 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Topeka
- Gary GrafTopeka$726K
- Shannon GreggTopeka$140K
- Kelli BradburyTopeka$20K
- Laura WelbornTopeka$8K
- Alexandra HeerenTopeka$8K
- Amie WunderTopeka$8K
- Jayda RuppTopeka$7K
- Lora UtechTopeka$6K
- Sarah FitzmauriceKansas City$247K
- Anna ShortRoeland Park$215K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.