Julia Larocca
Nurse Practitioner · Akron, OHNPI 1972978690
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 113 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 40.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $679 and has fallen 68.5% since, to $214 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 113 payments — averaging $17.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$812
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$212
- Novo Nordisk$156
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$115
- Amgen$97
- Lilly USA, LLC$87
- plus $528 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,008100%
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(2 entities) | 46 | $812 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $212 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $156 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 7 | $115 |
| Amgen | 7 | $97 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $87 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 4 | $70 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $66 |
| GSK | 4 | $65 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $37 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $17 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- NUEDEXTA$125
How this compares
$2,008 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,700 nurse practitioner providers in Ohio.
Other nurse practitioner in Akron
- Sara GraterAkron$23K
- Julia GoldenAkron$11K
- Margaret BobonichCleveland$235K
- Mary GallagherWestlake$229K
- Sonia HissettCincinnati$179K
- Ashley TaylorNew Albany$107K
- Beth FaimanCleveland$101K
- Katherine AlexanderColumbus$99K
- Tiffany JonesCincinnati$99K
- Kate NewmanWestlake$78K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.