Nancy Houchens, APRN
Acute Care · Glasgow, KYNPI 1740472414
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.2% of the total across 156 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) at 26.8% of the total.
Across 156 payments — averaging $15.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$648
- Pfizer$309
- Johnson & Johnson$281
- Merck$208
- AstraZeneca$194
- Amgen$170
- plus $610 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,32896%
- Education$914%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 49 | $648 |
| Pfizer | 18 | $309 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $281 |
| Merck | 13 | $208 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $194 |
| Amgen | 13 | $170 |
| Abbott | 3 | $96 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 6 | $88 |
| Novartis | 4 | $69 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $57 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $53 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $26 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Bayer | 1 | $14 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$2,419 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 319 acute care providers in Kentucky.
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 | 157 | $163,061 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 87 | $75,042 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 65 | $30,299 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 35 | $23,782 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 37 | $20,877 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 161 | $16,013 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 22 | $14,869 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 115 | $9,349 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 24 | $8,525 |
| Bisoprolol Fumarate | 77 | $2,443 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 59 | $1,779 |
| Diltiazem Hcl | 66 | $1,425 |
| Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters | 17 | $1,357 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 172 | $1,308 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 173 | $1,206 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $309 | $163,061157 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $281 | $75,04287 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $69 | $23,78235 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $194 | $14,86922 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 85th percentile of 319 acute care providers in Kentucky.
Other acute care in Glasgow
- Baylee KnoxGlasgow$8K
- Shannon AtkinsonBowling Green$63K
- Billie WaltersLexington$20K
- Audra MarcumLexington$14K
- Holly ChitwoodLexington$10K
- Vanessa PaddyElizabethtown$8K
- Katherine BeanOwensboro$7K
- Anna BayesAshland$7K
- Brittany ShortAshland$6K
- Chadwick HuntLexington$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.