Lena Ferris
Nurse Practitioner · Mount Airy, NCNPI 1720217680
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 407 payments — averaging $15.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$3K
- AbbVie$1K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$748
- Averitas Pharma Inc.$582
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$263
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$212
- plus $519 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,424100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 159 | $3,066 |
| AbbVie | 72 | $1,034 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 40 | $748 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 63 | $582 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 14 | $263 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 34 | $212 |
| Vertex | 5 | $114 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $72 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 3 | $47 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $40 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $29 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $23 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$6,424 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,393 nurse practitioner providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| NucyntaTapentadol Hcl | 85 | $152,322 |
| Nucynta ErTapentadol Hcl | 70 | $120,761 |
| Levorphanol Tartrate | 26 | $101,743 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 117 | $74,277 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 67 | $62,877 |
| BelbucaBuprenorphine Hcl | 52 | $45,072 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 978 | $41,084 |
| Buprenorphine | 128 | $36,001 |
| Hysingla ErHydrocodone Bitartrate | 18 | $27,583 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 22 | $27,370 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 816 | $26,793 |
| Fentanyl | 137 | $23,484 |
| ZtlidoLidocaine | 12 | $12,944 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 291 | $11,748 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 27 | $11,001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Nucynta, Nucynta Er, Xtampza Er, Belbuca | $263 | $392,432324 claims |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLCLevorphanol Tartrate | $47 | $101,74326 claims |
| AbbVieUbrelvy, Savella | $1,034 | $33,30833 claims |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ztlido | $36 | $12,94412 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 Mount Airy
- Sandrivette JohnsonRaleigh$573K
- Skyler RogersPinehurst$174K
- Jamie DinerDurham$170K
- Ayeshia WrightMocksville$145K
- Deborah AllenDurham$112K
- Jeanann VawterGastonia$97K
- Terra KampJacksonville$72K
- Mary DilorenzoCharlotte$71K
- Olivia OgburnWinston Salem$70K
- Bridget ArchambaultDurham$57K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.