Lauren Heckethorn
Nurse Practitioner · Rio Rancho, NMNPI 1437649423
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (53.0%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 58.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,569, more than ten times the $728 reported in 2021. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in NM 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 132 payments — averaging $105.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$8K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medtronic$415
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$182
- Atricure, Inc.$174
- plus $350 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,50018%
- Travel & lodging$3,89828%
- Food & beverage$7,35553%
- Education$1311%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 67 | $8,146 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 31 | $3,107 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $1,510 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $415 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $182 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $174 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $115 |
| Novartis | 1 | $109 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $32 |
| Amgen | 2 | $30 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- NAVITOR$5,158
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$1,610
- WATCHMAN Access System$1,210
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$415
- MitraClip System$392
- AMPLATZER AMULET$385
- AMPLATZER$237
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$174
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$166
- MitraClip$153
- COROFLOW$148
- OPTIS$144
- PRESSUREWIRE$135
- Watchman$126
- Impella$115
- LEQVIO$109
How this compares
$13,884 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 624 nurse practitioner providers in New Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 34 | $34,719 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 27 | $16,475 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 140 | $1,383 |
| Furosemide | 51 | $595 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 20 | $499 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 26 | $459 |
| Potassium Chloride | 31 | $433 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 38 | $369 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 34 | $356 |
| Lisinopril | 25 | $307 |
| Carvedilol | 19 | $259 |
| Mupirocin | 18 | $198 |
| Losartan Potassium | 21 | $195 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 21 | $162 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 16 | $160 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Rio Rancho
- Shawna MarionRio Rancho$1K
- Marisa EscobarAlbuquerque$36K
- Catherine SollerAlbuquerque$33K
- Ryan CommiskeySanta Fe$18K
- Christina ParksAlbuquerque$7K
- Laura DevorSanta Fe$6K
- Paula JohnsonAlbuquerque$6K
- Nadia Cano VazquezAlbuquerque$6K
- Laura LeblancAlbuquerque$6K
- Dina KotovaAlbuquerque$6K
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.