Luzviminda Alexander, APRN
Nurse Practitioner · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1841632437
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 231 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 26.5% of the total. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in NV 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 231 payments — averaging $43.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Scpharmaceuticals Inc.$878
- Abiomed$871
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.$778
- Cvrx, Inc.$742
- AstraZeneca$531
- plus $4K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,098100%
- Education$140%
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 | 44 | $2,681 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 15 | $878 |
| Abiomed | 16 | $871 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 24 | $778 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 9 | $742 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $531 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $418 |
| Merck | 17 | $389 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $385 |
| Novartis | 14 | $313 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $294 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $267 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $233 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $230 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 12 | $224 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $132 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $130 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $124 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $120 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Bayer | 4 | $81 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $33 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Philips North America LLC | 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.
- CARDIOMEMS$799
- Barostim Neo System$540
- Impella$398
- FUROSCIX$393
- GALLANT$271
- CardioMEMS HF System$230
- Assure WCD$205
- Diamondback Peripheral$180
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$147
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$132
- VYNDAQEL$124
- FARXIGA$124
- MOUNJARO$124
- LOKELMA$122
- ONPATTRO$122
- LifeVest$120
- QUADRA ASSURA$108
- AVEIR$104
- WOLVERINE CORONARY CUTTING BALLOON$100
How this compares
$10,112 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 933 nurse practitioner providers in Nevada.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 197 | $207,647 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 126 | $137,092 |
| EliquisApixaban | 88 | $85,743 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 38 | $38,655 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 33 | $29,876 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 11 | $13,313 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 11 | $11,279 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 20 | $11,027 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 16 | $9,077 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 100 | $1,204 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 159 | $1,076 |
| Spironolactone | 170 | $958 |
| Carvedilol | 160 | $905 |
| Eplerenone | 13 | $806 |
| Furosemide | 165 | $681 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $313 | $207,647197 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $531 | $148,120146 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $230 | $85,74388 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $33 | $38,65538 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $294 | $29,87633 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $124 | $11,27911 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 933 nurse practitioner providers in Nevada.
Other nurse practitioner in Las Vegas
- Melanie SpeedLas Vegas$80K
- Shelley MilesLas Vegas$34K
- Nasslynne LenzLas Vegas$32K
- Shannon SouthwickLas Vegas$32K
- Bonnie KwanLas Vegas$30K
- Amanda RalphLas Vegas$26K
- Teodoro AgtayLas Vegas$25K
- Katherine WhitmireLas Vegas$18K
- Jennifer WalshLas Vegas$18K
- Andrew VolinLas Vegas$17K
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.