Elizabeth Duran
Nurse Practitioner · Houston, TXNPI 1801358122
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 105 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Shockwave Medical, Inc at 33.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $549, more than ten times the $18 reported in 2021.
Across 105 payments — averaging $16.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$585
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$164
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$150
- Pfizer$120
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$120
- Amgen$113
- plus $523 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,774100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 52 | $585 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 8 | $164 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 4 | $150 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $120 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 5 | $120 |
| Amgen | 7 | $113 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $63 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $42 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $39 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $35 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $33 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $17 |
| Stryker | 1 | $15 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$1,774 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 5,422 nurse practitioner providers in Texas.
Other nurse practitioner in Houston
- Melanie MorrisHouston$254K
- Julie WeatherlyHouston$87K
- Katrina KingHouston$44K
- Allison TurnerHouston$37K
- Tiffany RichardsHouston$37K
- Bianca CaloHouston$36K
- Arby CohenHouston$23K
- Virginia MarxHouston$19K
- Hermeyone BellHouston$17K
- Cecilia DavisAustin$262K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.