Kathleen Foley Root
Registered Nurse · Smithtown, NYNPI 1770640641
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.1% of the total across 201 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 34.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,834, more than ten times the $72 reported in 2021. Among registered nurse clinicians in NY 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 201 payments — averaging $27.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals$776
- Johnson & Johnson$715
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$332
- Ardelyx, Inc.$288
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$227
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,28897%
- Education$1593%
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 | 87 | $1,898 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 13 | $776 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 12 | $715 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 19 | $332 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 13 | $288 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 12 | $227 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 8 | $208 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $186 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $134 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $84 |
| Shionogi Inc | 2 | $58 |
| Gilead | 2 | $58 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $56 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Merck | 2 | $35 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $27 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $23 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
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
$5,447 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 446 registered nurse providers in New York.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 37 | $1,950 |
| Omeprazole | 15 | $126 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other registered nurse in Smithtown
- Jane SeleyNew York$20K
- Chia-Wei LinBronx$15K
- Cathleen VarleyNew York$13K
- Hyojin KangOakland Gardens$7K
- Barbara RysWarwick$7K
- Janet KelskeWest Bay Shore$6K
- Lisa Desjardins-RitchieGreat Neck$4K
- Hilary NierenbergNew York$4K
- Sharon JasekSyracuse$3K
- Sandra BastidasPort Washington$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.