Francesca Paragas
Nurse Practitioner · Chesapeake, VANPI 1720784317
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 145 payments — averaging $21.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$462
- AbbVie$454
- Amgen$356
- Boehringer Ingelheim$325
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$307
- Novo Nordisk$285
- plus $972 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,161100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $462 |
| AbbVie | 29 | $454 |
| Amgen | 14 | $356 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 16 | $325 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $307 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $285 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $210 |
| GSK | 8 | $190 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $157 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $124 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 6 | $104 |
| Novartis | 5 | $100 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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
$3,161 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,166 nurse practitioner providers in Virginia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 27 | $1,103 |
| Gabapentin | 89 | $693 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | 60 | $279 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $221 |
| Alprazolam | 15 | $28 |
| Lorazepam | 12 | $18 |
| Clonazepam | 18 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Chesapeake
- Dalia FrascaChesapeake$13K
- Samantha FoxGate City$207K
- Mikel GrayCharlottesville$174K
- Kevin BrigleRichmond$166K
- Denese GomesRichmond$126K
- Ashley CarmenAlexandria$99K
- Rachel AndersonCharlottesville$90K
- Megan FrancisArlington$81K
- Elizabeth WilletteNorfolk$58K
- Lacey LyleSuffolk$50K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.