Ellen Neff, APRN
Nurse Practitioner · Wilmington, DENPI 1497854731
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.4% of the total across 268 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 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,564 and has fallen 77.9% since, to $345 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in DE 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 268 payments — averaging $18.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$805
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$582
- Novo Nordisk$572
- Novartis$547
- Lilly USA, LLC$408
- Merck$387
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,02099%
- Education$281%
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 | 43 | $805 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 23 | $582 |
| Novo Nordisk | 40 | $572 |
| Novartis | 34 | $547 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 26 | $408 |
| Merck | 21 | $387 |
| AstraZeneca | 17 | $375 |
| Bayer | 13 | $253 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $229 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $227 |
| Amgen | 12 | $211 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $105 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $61 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $35 |
| Abbott | 1 | $31 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $20 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$5,049 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 487 nurse practitioner providers in Delaware.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 137 | $159,423 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 109 | $136,592 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 99 | $116,705 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 102 | $112,836 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 52 | $67,419 |
| NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe | 43 | $47,373 |
| EliquisApixaban | 26 | $36,710 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 24 | $35,386 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 14 | $15,407 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 478 | $13,919 |
| Colesevelam Hcl | 15 | $9,144 |
| Ezetimibe | 189 | $5,070 |
| Carvedilol | 195 | $2,930 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 100 | $2,902 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 35 | $2,854 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $805 | $159,423137 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $547 | $136,592109 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $375 | $116,70599 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $572 | $112,836102 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $227 | $67,41952 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet | $582 | $47,37343 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $105 | $36,71026 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $408 | $35,38624 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 95th percentile of 487 nurse practitioner providers in Delaware.
Other nurse practitioner in Wilmington
- Colleen DitroWilmington$16K
- Jennifer HubbardWilmington$12K
- Monica SamWilmington$7K
- Brenda NardozziWilmington$7K
- Tina CubetaWilmington$5K
- Auxilia AkalaWilmington$3K
- Melissa LehrWilmington$3K
- Cathy RamageWilmington$2K
- Meghan McCarterSeaford$170K
- Chandni PatelMiddletown$113K
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.