Kimberly Vessels, NP
Adult Health · Brandenburg, KYNPI 1437534336
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $40,500 of the $58,221 with a category attached, or 69.6%. ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) accounts for 86.0% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $26,004 and has fallen 94.9% since, to $1,314 in 2025. Among adult health clinicians in KY 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 272 payments — averaging $214.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$50K
- Abbott$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$933
- AstraZeneca$853
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$313
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$40,50070%
- Travel & lodging$9,03516%
- Food & beverage$8,68615%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 108 | $50,062 |
| Abbott | 48 | $3,741 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 54 | $1,293 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 14 | $933 |
| AstraZeneca | 21 | $853 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $313 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 2 | $167 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $136 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $108 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $81 |
| Novartis | 3 | $59 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $55 |
| Merck | 3 | $52 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $26 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $24 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bayer | 1 | $17 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- LifeVest$48,988
- CardioMEMS HF System$1,187
- XARELTO$950
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$887
- CARDIOMEMS$639
- JARDIANCE$468
- FARXIGA$243
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$146
- Impella$136
- VITALPATCH RTM$125
- WAINUA$125
- Inpefa$120
How this compares
$58,221 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 170 adult health providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 96 | $90,664 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 62 | $69,739 |
| EliquisApixaban | 34 | $36,617 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 13 | $23,647 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 16 | $22,144 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 22 | $15,191 |
| Milrinone Lactate | 29 | $6,673 |
| Bumetanide | 88 | $3,450 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 102 | $1,601 |
| Potassium Chloride | 76 | $1,421 |
| Carvedilol | 135 | $950 |
| Digoxin | 43 | $769 |
| Spironolactone | 138 | $704 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 52 | $599 |
| Klor-Con M20Potassium Chloride | 24 | $480 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $59 | $90,66496 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $933 | $69,73962 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $853 | $22,14416 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $1,293 | $15,19122 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 170 adult health providers in Kentucky.
Other adult health in Brandenburg
- Carrie Clifford-BennettGeorgetown$730K
- Stephanie FlaspoehlerLouisville$174K
- Heidi GalloLouisville$15K
- Amy BakerPaducah$14K
- Joyce JohnsonElizabethtown$12K
- Karen EastridgeLouisville$10K
- Seon Hui BalistrereHopkinsville$8K
- Barbara CarpenterLouisville$8K
- Jennifer ThomasPaducah$7K
- Deborah WelshPaducah$7K
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.