Nichole Lawson
Acute Care · Covington, KYNPI 1619342680
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 54 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 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 7.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among acute care clinicians in KY 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 54 payments — averaging $99.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$427
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$407
- AstraZeneca$407
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$372
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$308
- Abiomed$252
- plus $3K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,372100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $427 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 4 | $407 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 4 | $407 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $372 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $308 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $252 |
| Gilead | 3 | $251 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 3 | $250 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $240 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $210 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $151 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $127 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $125 |
| Abbott | 1 | $125 |
| Amgen | 1 | $125 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $122 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $101 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $89 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $71 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $62 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $57 |
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.
- NURTEC ODT$369
- Impella$252
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$241
- DEXCOM G6 TRANSMITTER$240
- Wegovy$224
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$127
- BREZTRI$125
- UBRELVY$125
- FreeStyle Libre 2$125
- VYEPTI$125
- KRYSTEXXA$125
- ZEPBOUND$125
- REXULTI$124
- Austedo XR$122
- Attruby$121
- Descovy$121
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$120
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$120
- Epidiolex$120
- INGREZZA$115
How this compares
$5,372 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 319 acute care providers in Kentucky.
Other acute care in Covington
- Dianne LehmanCovington$4K
- Shannon AtkinsonBowling Green$63K
- Billie WaltersLexington$20K
- Audra MarcumLexington$14K
- Holly ChitwoodLexington$10K
- Vanessa PaddyElizabethtown$8K
- Baylee KnoxGlasgow$8K
- Katherine BeanOwensboro$7K
- Anna BayesAshland$7K
- Brittany ShortAshland$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.