Nicole King, APRN
Adult Health · Akron, OHNPI 1144653312
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,564 of the $9,210 with a category attached, or 82.1%. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 41.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,206 and has fallen 84.1% since, to $509 in 2025. Among adult health clinicians in OH 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 379 payments — averaging $24.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$4K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$796
- Johnson & Johnson$768
- Sanofi$504
- Ardelyx, Inc.$279
- QOL Medical, LLC$270
- plus $3K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,53417%
- Food & beverage$7,56482%
- Education$1121%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 121 | $3,841 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 36 | $796 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 34 | $768 |
| Sanofi | 17 | $504 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 15 | $279 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 13 | $270 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $251 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 14 | $250 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 13 | $215 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $211 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $206 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 17 | $202 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $180 |
| Merck | 10 | $178 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $145 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $117 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 4 | $99 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $95 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $92 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 5 | $88 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $48 |
| Gilead | 2 | $45 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Vivus LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Mylan Institutional Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $15 |
| Organon | 1 | $15 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$9,210 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,184 adult health providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 35 | $5,522 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 78 | $5,468 |
| SuflavePeg 3350/Sod Sulf,chlr/Pot/Mag | 23 | $2,783 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 231 | $2,753 |
| Lansoprazole | 80 | $1,945 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 15 | $1,582 |
| Omeprazole | 153 | $1,564 |
| Peg 3350-ElectrolyteSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 48 | $1,047 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 21 | $724 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 208 | $384 |
| Famotidine | 66 | $368 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 23 | $264 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 14 | $237 |
| Hydrocortisone | 14 | $176 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab, Suflave | $99 | $8,30458 claims |
| SandozLansoprazole | $15 | $1,94580 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 1,184 adult health providers in Ohio.
Other adult health in Akron
- Colleen JohnsonAkron$17K
- Bonnie MohlerCanton$338K
- Andrew GuinigundoCincinnati$215K
- Gabriella McCartyWestlake$177K
- Karen SteffeyLyndhurst$145K
- Marie ChambersCenterville$134K
- Susan FlickCleveland$131K
- Teresa ShafferBoardman$102K
- Jesse McClainYoungstown$79K
- Lucretia LongColumbus$76K
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.