Joanne Viers
Nurse Practitioner · Bristol, TNNPI 1043388515
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 122 payments — averaging $16.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$786
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$299
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$191
- Johnson & Johnson$169
- AstraZeneca$141
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$120
- plus $354 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,059100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 55 | $786 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 16 | $299 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $191 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $169 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $141 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 6 | $120 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $109 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $46 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $37 |
| Merck | 2 | $27 |
| Bayer | 1 | $19 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $17 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, 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
$2,059 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,662 nurse practitioner providers in Tennessee.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 83 | $64,704 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 17 | $14,813 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 16 | $8,864 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 11 | $6,733 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 14 | $913 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 41 | $487 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 42 | $281 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 29 | $276 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 46 | $271 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 43 | $263 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 42 | $175 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 13 | $160 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 14 | $134 |
| Lisinopril | 32 | $128 |
| Nitroglycerin | 13 | $116 |
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 | $109 | $64,70483 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $786 | $14,81317 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $169 | $8,86416 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $46 | $6,73311 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 80th percentile of 2,662 nurse practitioner providers in Tennessee.
Other nurse practitioner in Bristol
- Shelly HowardBristol$19K
- Amy HatcherMurfreesboro$1.1M
- Karen RodenKnoxville$265K
- Susan UtleyNashville$194K
- Whitney EricksonMemphis$159K
- Erica HembreeKnoxville$125K
- Brooke FaughtNashville$89K
- Lauren WelchNashville$71K
- Cara StoutKingsport$71K
- S Marie HamiltonOoltewah$64K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.