Janice Tavares, APRN
Nurse Practitioner · Bridgeport, CTNPI 1609428721
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.8% of the total across 666 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 60 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,891, 2.8 times the $1,727 reported in 2021. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in CT 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 666 payments — averaging $25.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$1K
- Novo Nordisk$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Amgen$926
- Lilly USA, LLC$912
- plus $9K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$170%
- Food & beverage$16,695100%
- Education$170%
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.
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
$16,729 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,162 nurse practitioner providers in Connecticut.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 137 | $157,183 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 59 | $115,722 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 78 | $55,240 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 54 | $49,770 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 41 | $44,405 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 28 | $42,126 |
| BelsomraSuvorexant | 57 | $38,583 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 14 | $32,592 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 35 | $31,471 |
| KerendiaFinerenone | 15 | $22,785 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 14 | $16,824 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 23 | $15,020 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 22 | $14,931 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 14 | $14,136 |
| NexlizetBempedoic Acid/Ezetimibe | 14 | $11,271 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Tradjenta, Glyxambi | $1,490 | $199,694184 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $1,488 | $157,84987 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Ubrelvy | $1,180 | $87,83292 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Belsomra | $603 | $82,98998 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $2,191 | $57,72475 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $603 | $25,73639 claims |
| BayerKerendia | $644 | $22,78515 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $912 | $16,82414 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $56 | $14,93122 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt | $901 | $14,13614 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet | $508 | $11,27114 claims |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $27 | $9,28815 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 1,162 nurse practitioner providers in Connecticut.
Other nurse practitioner in Bridgeport
- Jose LatorreBridgeport$13K
- Lindita VincaCheshire$427K
- Catherine MilnePlymouth$361K
- Michele NovellaDanbury$331K
- Tiffany RydzNewtown$49K
- Paul FidrychNorwich$23K
- Priscilla QuilterNorwich$21K
- Kimberly BoldonMiddletown$19K
- Emma RobinsonStamford$17K
- Kelly WilberWaterbury$17K
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.