Nicole Betts
Primary Care · Pueblo, CONPI 1417327461
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 109 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $854 and has fallen 54.6% since, to $387 in 2025.
Across 109 payments — averaging $17.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$355
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$274
- AbbVie$205
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$174
- Amgen$115
- Lundbeck LLC$111
- plus $688 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,922100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 21 | $355 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 21 | $274 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $205 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 6 | $174 |
| Amgen | 7 | $115 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 6 | $111 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $107 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $106 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $103 |
| USWM, LLC | 4 | $75 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Gilead | 2 | $32 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $31 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $30 |
| Novartis | 1 | $25 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- REXULTI$124
How this compares
$1,922 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 112 primary care providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 117 | $136,622 |
| RexultiBrexpiprazole | 46 | $71,448 |
| Xtampza ErOxycodone Myristate | 118 | $64,259 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 48 | $51,327 |
| RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide | 19 | $47,613 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 67 | $43,830 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 32 | $38,128 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 18 | $33,264 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 47 | $31,791 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 18 | $22,146 |
| LyricaPregabalin | 26 | $20,333 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 21 | $17,379 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 20 | $16,884 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 15 | $15,609 |
| EliquisApixaban | 16 | $14,868 |
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, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $107 | $147,166128 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCRelistor, Xifaxan | $274 | $80,87737 claims |
| PfizerNurtec Odt, Lyrica, Eliquis | $103 | $73,32974 claims |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Rexulti | $174 | $71,44846 claims |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.Xtampza Er | $355 | $64,259118 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $106 | $51,32748 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $205 | $43,83067 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $14 | $15,60915 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 112 primary care providers in Colorado.
Other primary care in Pueblo
- Chelsea FreyPueblo$2K
- Kathryn StonePueblo$2K
- Chelsea StewartPueblo$875
- Laura CarlsenLittleton$22K
- Kendra PayneCastle Rock$22K
- Kaitlin KrausDenver$16K
- Emily WillmannThornton$4K
- Tracy RasmussenParker$4K
- Linda MyersGrand Junction$4K
- Kathryn PalmerGreeley$4K
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.