Krista Hess
Acute Care · Nags Head, NCNPI 1982395547
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.2% of the total across 133 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 17 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 133 payments — averaging $19.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$485
- Novartis$392
- Merck$308
- United Therapeutics Corporation$225
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$221
- Boehringer Ingelheim$211
- plus $720 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,49097%
- Education$723%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 22 | $485 |
| Novartis | 31 | $392 |
| Merck | 20 | $308 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 5 | $225 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 8 | $221 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $211 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $152 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $142 |
| Amgen | 6 | $100 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $93 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $80 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $43 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $19 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $7 |
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.
- Impella$107
How this compares
$2,562 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 312 acute care providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 86 | $99,664 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 50 | $61,092 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 66 | $60,549 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 26 | $31,906 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 32 | $19,314 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 17 | $15,017 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 21 | $10,100 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 83 | $3,042 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 148 | $1,673 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 18 | $1,388 |
| Ezetimibe | 33 | $973 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 30 | $922 |
| Valsartan | 40 | $819 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 92 | $744 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 120 | $645 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $80 | $99,66486 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $392 | $60,54966 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $211 | $31,90626 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $485 | $29,41453 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 85th percentile of 312 acute care providers in North Carolina.
Other acute care in Nags Head
- Benjamin HocuttGreenville$25K
- Matthew KuhnPinehurst$16K
- Robin TruppApex$14K
- Suzanne HartmannRaleigh$12K
- Leigh CasperSalisbury$12K
- Juliana QuagraineCharlotte$11K
- Sarah GroceGreensboro$10K
- Lauren CowellNew Bern$10K
- Erica TaylorPinehurst$8K
- Kelly BergenGastonia$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.