Connie Bentley, APRN
Nurse Practitioner · Tyler, TXNPI 1447243571
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Nevro Corp. accounts for 95.7% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2024 is the largest year on record at $3,211, more than ten times the $55 reported in 2021. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in TX 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 34 payments — averaging $228.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$7K
- Tersera Therapeutics LLC$199
- AbbVie$38
- Lilly USA, LLC$28
- Amgen$21
- Innovation Technologies Inc$19
- plus $26 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,31343%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,74522%
- Travel & lodging$1,45219%
- Food & beverage$1,06914%
- Education$1772%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 22 | $7,425 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 4 | $199 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $38 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Amgen | 1 | $21 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$7,756 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 5,422 nurse practitioner providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 12 | $656 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $177 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $130 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 12 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Tyler
- Roger ChapmanTyler$211K
- David McCaskillTyler$27K
- Cecilia DavisAustin$262K
- Melanie MorrisHouston$254K
- Stephanie BrownHarlingen$235K
- Brittney MisercolaKilleen$223K
- Corrie BerkSan Antonio$155K
- Samantha OnealDallas$133K
- Onna FeuchterSouthlake$108K
- Stephanie AgrellaRound Rock$102K
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.