Erica Blocker, NP
Family · Pulaski, TNNPI 1831514033
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 184 payments — averaging $18.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$615
- Merck$317
- AstraZeneca$230
- AbbVie$221
- Amgen$205
- Lilly USA, LLC$193
- plus $2K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,25697%
- Education$1003%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 35 | $615 |
| Merck | 19 | $317 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 16 | $230 |
| AbbVie | 12 | $221 |
| Amgen | 12 | $205 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $193 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $149 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $149 |
| GSK | 9 | $148 |
| Bayer | 6 | $136 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $114 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $106 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $100 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 3 | $69 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $63 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 3 | $61 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $47 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Novartis | 1 | $16 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $16 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Biogen | 1 | $14 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$3,356 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 6,706 family providers in Tennessee.
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 | 135 | $130,607 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 79 | $78,754 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 50 | $45,292 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 40 | $41,481 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 31 | $32,682 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 22 | $21,718 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 20 | $15,800 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 15 | $15,289 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 18 | $12,568 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 14 | $12,422 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 21 | $9,989 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 11 | $7,141 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 11 | $6,241 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 13 | $6,217 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 12 | $5,838 |
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 | $149 | $130,607135 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $615 | $78,75479 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $148 | $48,62351 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $149 | $32,68231 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $193 | $21,71822 claims |
| MerckJanumet, Janumet Xr | $317 | $18,66325 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $230 | $15,80020 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $221 | $15,28915 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $100 | $5,83812 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 6,706 family providers in Tennessee.
Other family in Pulaski
- Stacy BrownMt Juliet$719K
- Dana WebberKnoxville$499K
- Brandy BiedermanHixson$448K
- Cynthia MillerMurfreesboro$384K
- Tamera ThoenerNashville$254K
- April SwonerHermitage$246K
- Jennifer WilliamsNashville$213K
- Chantil JeffreysGermantown$195K
- Laura PorchCordova$148K
- Lori LankfordNashville$148K
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.