Nicole Rierson
Nurse Practitioner · Winston Salem, NCNPI 1942935713
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 157 payments — averaging $20.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$517
- AstraZeneca$297
- GSK$254
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$252
- United Therapeutics Corporation$193
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$192
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,140100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 24 | $517 |
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $297 |
| GSK | 16 | $254 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $252 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 9 | $193 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $192 |
| Sanofi | 7 | $183 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 8 | $161 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 5 | $126 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $121 |
| Merck | 7 | $110 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 5 | $95 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $94 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 4 | $84 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $66 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $63 |
| Shionogi Inc | 3 | $56 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 2 | $47 |
| Amgen | 2 | $36 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $32 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $24 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $18 |
How this compares
$3,140 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,393 nurse practitioner providers in North Carolina.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 556 | $402,601 |
| OfevNintedanib Esylate | 11 | $154,810 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 204 | $154,669 |
| Aralast NpAlpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor | 11 | $126,507 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 165 | $72,253 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 89 | $55,688 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 83 | $48,438 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 100 | $27,699 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 118 | $21,893 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 44 | $20,395 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 24 | $16,867 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 422 | $11,690 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 21 | $11,383 |
| Wixela InhubFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 76 | $9,347 |
| Advair HfaFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 23 | $9,275 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta | $254 | $511,087815 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimOfev, Spiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat, Combivent Respimat | $517 | $275,802207 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $297 | $182,368304 claims |
| MerckDulera | $110 | $5,59616 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 90th percentile of 4,393 nurse practitioner providers in North Carolina.
Other nurse practitioner in Winston Salem
- Olivia OgburnWinston Salem$70K
- Amy MitchellWinston Salem$33K
- Mary SandsWinston Salem$32K
- Ladonna CookWinston Salem$23K
- Gillian WinterWinston Salem$18K
- Christine ZdebWinston Salem$15K
- Sandrivette JohnsonRaleigh$573K
- Skyler RogersPinehurst$174K
- Jamie DinerDurham$170K
- Ayeshia WrightMocksville$145K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.