Lin Chen
Nurse Practitioner · Newark, NJNPI 1285168070
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 193 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 37 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,265, 2.9 times the $1,844 reported in 2021. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in NJ 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 193 payments — averaging $71.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Endologix LLC$2K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$2K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$1K
- Cagent Vascular Inc$1K
- plus $5K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$13,719100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Endologix LLC | 9 | $1,684 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 21 | $1,649 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 12 | $1,500 |
| Stryker | 13 | $1,408 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 11 | $1,335 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 20 | $1,050 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 7 | $792 |
| Boston Scientific | 12 | $790 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 3 | $513 |
| Abbott | 8 | $512 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $288 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $267 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 4 | $239 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 1 | $236 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $188 |
| Limflow Inc. | 1 | $182 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $128 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $107 |
| Novartis | 7 | $104 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $102 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $100 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $78 |
| Merck | 4 | $59 |
| Amgen | 4 | $58 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $32 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $19 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $17 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$1,503
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$1,503
- Diamondback Peripheral$1,402
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$1,370
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,026
- AFX2 Bifurcated Endograft System$1,000
- LIMFLOW SYSTEM$884
- Serrantor$882
- Barostim Neo System$716
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$513
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$513
- Torus Stent Graft System$405
- ENDOCROSS Device$405
- VenaSeal$151
- SYMPHONY CATHETER$147
- CARDIOMEMS$146
- FlowTriever$141
- JETi All In One Non-Sterile Kit$138
- Ellipsys$136
- IV Other$134
How this compares
$13,719 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,138 nurse practitioner providers in New Jersey.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 32 | $38,946 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 35 | $31,439 |
| EliquisApixaban | 18 | $16,871 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 26 | $14,947 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 113 | $1,327 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 37 | $619 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 34 | $592 |
| Carvedilol | 42 | $359 |
| Losartan Potassium | 25 | $253 |
| Furosemide | 31 | $151 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 28 | $118 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 11 | $117 |
| Simvastatin | 13 | $72 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $102 | $38,94632 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $104 | $31,43935 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $100 | $16,87118 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 2,138 nurse practitioner providers in New Jersey.
Other nurse practitioner in Newark
- Nancy BonnetMorristown$407K
- Vanessa CoppolaCloster$205K
- Olufunmilayo IloriUnion$133K
- Janice BeitzHaddon Heights$75K
- Adewale AdefowojuUnion$70K
- Sophia KimEnglewood$70K
- Elizabeth FletcherCamden$62K
- Lannae EwingLinwood$39K
- Beth SavageNew Brunswick$34K
- Tina OcchiutoMorristown$25K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.