Elizabeth Davidson
Acute Care · Nashville, TNNPI 1811901382
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.4%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 56.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $22,906 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $143 in 2025. Among acute care clinicians in TN 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 174 payments — averaging $188.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$18K
- Novartis$4K
- CMP Pharma, Inc.$3K
- Abiomed$2K
- American Regent$1K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$1K
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,59638%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,65029%
- Travel & lodging$6,00018%
- Food & beverage$4,59514%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 67 | $18,428 |
| Novartis | 14 | $3,687 |
| CMP Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $3,418 |
| Abiomed | 8 | $2,431 |
| American Regent | 1 | $1,400 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $680 |
| Amgen | 19 | $272 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $234 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $199 |
| Merck | 7 | $167 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 13 | $141 |
| Bayer | 1 | $124 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $115 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $108 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $101 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $75 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $53 |
| Procyrion, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $45 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $26 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 1 | $4 |
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.
- MitraClip$15,054
- Carospir$3,375
- ENTRESTO$2,442
- Impella$2,150
- INJECTAFER$1,400
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,282
- OPTIMIZER SMART SYSTEM$1,000
- LEQVIO$989
- MitraClip System$500
- CARDIOMEMS$329
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$318
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$204
- Kerendia$124
- CardioMEMS HF System$123
- Repatha$123
- Legacy$112
- CAMZYOS$108
How this compares
$32,842 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 738 acute care providers in Tennessee.
Other acute care in Nashville
- Haley HoyNashville$368K
- Shannon GraceNashville$57K
- Kelsey MartinNashville$42K
- Barbara BrownNashville$36K
- Kathryn EstopinalNashville$25K
- Tisha BarzykNashville$23K
- Krista Kuhnert-GainerNashville$17K
- Donna SmithNashville$13K
- Amy CoxNashville$12K
- Emily SkotteNashville$12K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.