Nicholas Vernetti, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1407939317
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $41,137 of the $61,595 with a category attached, or 66.8%. 49 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 50.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $26,287 and has fallen 55.8% since, to $11,620 in 2025.
Across 474 payments — averaging $129.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$31K
- Lilly USA, LLC$10K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$8K
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$4K
- Novo Nordisk$2K
- Eli Lilly$1K
- plus $5K from 43 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,2005%
- Speaking & faculty fees$41,13767%
- Travel & lodging$6,39210%
- Food & beverage$10,78818%
- Education$780%
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.
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.
- Prolia$20,973
- JARDIANCE$16,481
- EVENITY$6,420
- CRENESSITY$3,871
- t:slim X2 insulin pump$300
- DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER$239
- Ozempic$221
- Korlym$163
- MYCAPSSA$147
- t:slim X2 Insulin Pump with Control-IQ$124
- RYBELSUS$121
- TOUJEO$115
- Vascepa$112
- CRYSVITA$111
- Repatha$109
- AFREZZA$102
How this compares
$61,595 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 75 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Nevada.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 375 | $515,196 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 357 | $385,178 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 209 | $346,234 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 231 | $303,896 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 119 | $207,416 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 137 | $93,917 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 40 | $47,693 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 27 | $45,933 |
| Fiasp FlextouchInsulin Aspart (Niacinamide) | 39 | $44,107 |
| Novolog FlexpenInsulin Aspart | 123 | $43,458 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-200Insulin Lispro | 13 | $39,333 |
| NovologInsulin Aspart | 52 | $33,357 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 158 | $28,460 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 100 | $27,555 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 29 | $26,358 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro, Humalog | $10,016 | $656,316469 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus, Novolog | $1,990 | $596,247467 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Glyxambi | $7,530 | $404,803368 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $31,059 | $207,416119 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $338 | $20,79314 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCLantus | $315 | $19,69856 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $229 | $10,582125 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 75 endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism providers in Nevada.
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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.