Debra Safrit
Nurse Practitioner · Gastonia, NCNPI 1720069917
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 235 payments — averaging $18.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$696
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$400
- Novo Nordisk$395
- AbbVie$354
- Bayer$326
- AstraZeneca$323
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,25398%
- Education$852%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 38 | $696 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 25 | $400 |
| Novo Nordisk | 26 | $395 |
| AbbVie | 25 | $354 |
| Bayer | 14 | $326 |
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $323 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $270 |
| Merck | 9 | $250 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 9 | $240 |
| GSK | 9 | $202 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $115 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $89 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $69 |
| Abbott | 3 | $56 |
| Amgen | 3 | $50 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $45 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $31 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $30 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $29 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $26 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $13 |
| Ardelyx, 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
$4,338 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,393 nurse practitioner providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 52 | $55,170 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 49 | $42,362 |
| EliquisApixaban | 26 | $30,054 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 12 | $29,612 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 13 | $19,986 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 26 | $19,402 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 30 | $13,828 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 13 | $9,777 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 13 | $8,386 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 32 | $7,307 |
| Levemir FlexpenInsulin Detemir | 13 | $4,055 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 79 | $2,142 |
| Famotidine | 154 | $2,119 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 13 | $2,079 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 12 | $1,637 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $395 | $84,78264 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $250 | $42,36249 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $69 | $30,05426 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $270 | $19,98613 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $354 | $19,40226 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $323 | $17,08445 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $240 | $13,82830 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $202 | $8,38613 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 90th percentile of 4,393 nurse practitioner providers in North Carolina.
Other nurse practitioner in Gastonia
- Jeanann VawterGastonia$97K
- Sandrivette JohnsonRaleigh$573K
- Skyler RogersPinehurst$174K
- Jamie DinerDurham$170K
- Ayeshia WrightMocksville$145K
- Deborah AllenDurham$112K
- Terra KampJacksonville$72K
- Mary DilorenzoCharlotte$71K
- Olivia OgburnWinston Salem$70K
- Bridget ArchambaultDurham$57K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.