Jena Shepherd
Nurse Practitioner · Pine Bluff, ARNPI 1770136202
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.2% of the total across 330 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 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in AR 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 330 payments — averaging $19.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Novartis$971
- Johnson & Johnson$824
- Lilly USA, LLC$509
- Sanofi$504
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$434
- plus $2K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,25096%
- Education$2464%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 85 | $1,447 |
| Novartis | 49 | $971 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 41 | $824 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 30 | $509 |
| Sanofi | 21 | $504 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 19 | $434 |
| UCB, Inc. | 15 | $356 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $281 |
| Incyte Corporation | 8 | $226 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 11 | $201 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 10 | $189 |
| Amgen | 7 | $173 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $136 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 6 | $94 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Elekta, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Otezla$107
How this compares
$6,496 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 697 nurse practitioner providers in Arkansas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tacrolimus | 64 | $7,491 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 54 | $3,222 |
| Tretinoin | 18 | $1,176 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 37 | $1,146 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 16 | $709 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 88 | $622 |
| Ketoconazole | 41 | $534 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 28 | $339 |
| Minoxidil | 25 | $174 |
| Mupirocin | 18 | $152 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 18 | $81 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 13 | $34 |
| Spironolactone | 12 | $23 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Pine Bluff
- Jo BlasengamePine Bluff$6K
- Melissa KooncePine Bluff$5K
- Sarah BrownPine Bluff$5K
- Merideth HanksRogers$157K
- Angela JonesJonesboro$90K
- Tiffany McConathyHot Springs$54K
- Brenna FitzgeraldNorth Little Rock$46K
- Iris KennedyLittle Rock$22K
- Virginia LaliberteHot Springs$21K
- Julia PonderLittle Rock$21K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.