Lucena Sarmiento
Nurse Practitioner · Paterson, NJNPI 1750500310
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 115 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 32.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,510 and has fallen 89.3% since, to $161 in 2025. 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 115 payments — averaging $35.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- AstraZeneca$605
- Johnson & Johnson$338
- Amgen$241
- Pfizer$213
- Bayer$186
- plus $1K from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,106100%
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 | 45 | $1,323 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 15 | $605 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $338 |
| Amgen | 8 | $241 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $213 |
| Bayer | 2 | $186 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $182 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $129 |
| Novartis | 2 | $129 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $125 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $122 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $117 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 3 | $49 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $38 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Merck | 1 | $23 |
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.
- XARELTO$267
- CARDIOMEMS$182
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$137
- TherOx DS2 Console$129
- Catheter$129
- Downstream Cartridge$129
- ORENITRAM$125
- REMODULIN$125
- TYVASO$125
- ANDEXXA$122
- CAMZYOS$122
- ENTRESTO$119
- Kerendia$113
- Inpefa$101
How this compares
$4,106 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,138 nurse practitioner providers in New Jersey.
Other nurse practitioner in Paterson
- 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.