Deborah Bray, APRN
Clinical Nurse Specialist · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1134433931
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 218 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,397 and has fallen 78.3% since, to $303 in 2025.
Across 218 payments — averaging $16.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$501
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$408
- Amgen$348
- Novartis$307
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$287
- Pfizer$281
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,577100%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 35 | $501 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 39 | $408 |
| Amgen | 24 | $348 |
| Novartis | 20 | $307 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 14 | $287 |
| Pfizer | 21 | $281 |
| Bayer | 11 | $164 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $134 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $127 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $124 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $124 |
| Abbott | 3 | $113 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 5 | $88 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $80 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $78 |
| Merck | 5 | $75 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $71 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $61 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $38 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $14 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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
$3,591 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 97 clinical nurse specialist providers in Ohio.
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 | 785 | $690,070 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 386 | $358,556 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 182 | $167,298 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 155 | $100,375 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 106 | $84,404 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 70 | $52,214 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 64 | $41,513 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 20 | $15,387 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 19 | $14,315 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 966 | $11,646 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 54 | $7,964 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 97 | $6,370 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 156 | $5,318 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 16 | $5,194 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 110 | $4,753 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $281 | $690,070785 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $307 | $358,556386 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $501 | $167,298182 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $127 | $100,375155 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $61 | $15,38720 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $78 | $14,31519 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 97 clinical nurse specialist providers in Ohio.
Other clinical nurse specialist in Cincinnati
- Diane ProctorCincinnati$2K
- Carmen SchatzmanCincinnati$667
- Mary Arnold LongCincinnati$250
- Kristin ScottCincinnati$202
- Mary KelleyCincinnati$129
- Nancy AlbertChesterland$114K
- Frank GargaszBoardman$37K
- Jennifer WoodsAkron$19K
- Nancy BairCleveland$13K
- Maria HeldCleveland$7K
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.