Kelly Xiong, NP
Nurse Practitioner · Charlotte, NCNPI 1740670702
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.4% of the total across 977 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 9.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,292 and has fallen 88.1% since, to $632 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in NC 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 977 payments — averaging $16.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$2K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$1K
- Novartis$1K
- AbbVie$931
- UCB, Inc.$765
- Neurelis, Inc.$756
- plus $10K from 54 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,0186%
- Food & beverage$14,80791%
- Education$3722%
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.
- Inspire$1,206
How this compares
$16,196 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,393 nurse practitioner providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XywavSodium,calcium,mag,pot Oxybate | 12 | $244,190 |
| BriviactBrivaracetam | 131 | $239,752 |
| EpidiolexCannabidiol (Cbd) | 22 | $231,560 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 16 | $155,701 |
| AptiomEslicarbazepine Acetate | 53 | $92,323 |
| FycompaPerampanel | 72 | $89,589 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 40 | $59,511 |
| Ajovy AutoinjectorFremanezumab-Vfrm | 24 | $34,058 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 35 | $26,612 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 19 | $24,164 |
| XcopriCenobamate | 20 | $23,674 |
| NayzilamMidazolam | 18 | $20,402 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 12 | $15,429 |
| Lacosamide | 174 | $15,236 |
| TrileptalOxcarbazepine | 13 | $9,219 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc.Briviact, Nayzilam | $765 | $260,154149 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $322 | $155,70116 claims |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Aptiom | $321 | $92,32353 claims |
| Eisai Inc.Fycompa | $609 | $89,58972 claims |
| AbbVieUbrelvy, Qulipta | $931 | $83,67459 claims |
| SK Life Science, Inc.Xcopri | $299 | $23,67420 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt, Dilantin | $311 | $17,38424 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Vyvanse | $225 | $4,74513 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 4,393 nurse practitioner providers in North Carolina.
Other nurse practitioner in Charlotte
- Mary DilorenzoCharlotte$71K
- Dennis TaylorCharlotte$39K
- Geovanna DeeseCharlotte$26K
- Melissa TharpeCharlotte$24K
- Marie MooreCharlotte$21K
- Natasha LaunganiCharlotte$18K
- Vicki MortonCharlotte$18K
- Courtney CarrCharlotte$18K
- Travis ShipeCharlotte$17K
- Christina ChristensenCharlotte$13K
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.