Kim Nichols
Dermatology · Greenwich, CTNPI 1679513212
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.1%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. AbbVie accounts for 74.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $129,783 and has fallen 89.6% since, to $13,497 in 2025. Among dermatology clinicians in CT 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 384 payments — averaging $870.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$248K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$44K
- Merz North America, Inc.$42K
- Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$61
- Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.$24
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$22
- plus $21 from 1 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $5250.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Merz North America, Inc.$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$122,58137%
- Speaking & faculty fees$170,68051%
- Travel & lodging$27,4618%
- Food & beverage$13,3734%
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) | 264 | $247,885 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 48 | $44,368 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 66 | $41,714 |
| Solta Medical, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $61 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Revance Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- BOTOX$169,524
- BOTOX COSMETIC$16,509
- KYBELLA$14,070
- XEOMIN$3,567
- ASCLERA$288
How this compares
$334,096 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 222 dermatology providers in Connecticut.
Other dermatology in Greenwich
- Michael PayetteCromwell$3.2M
- Bruce StroberCromwell$2.9M
- Brett KingFairfield$2.5M
- Mona ShahriariCromwell$2.2M
- Jeremy MossMadison$2M
- Brittany CraiglowFairfield$1.9M
- Meagen McCuskerEnfield$1.8M
- Marcus McFerrenOrange$872K
- Christopher BunickNew Haven$661K
- Keith ChoateNew Haven$362K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.