Nicole Walton, APRN
Acute Care · Overland Park, KSNPI 1871992057
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $11,315 of the $13,889 with a category attached, or 81.5%. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. at 27.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,555, 5.0 times the $1,310 reported in 2021. Among acute care clinicians in KS 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 286 payments — averaging $48.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$4K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Abbott$1K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$1K
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$1K
- Nevro Corp.$981
- plus $3K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,57419%
- Food & beverage$11,31581%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 35 | $3,748 |
| Boston Scientific | 65 | $2,507 |
| Abbott | 24 | $1,453 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 24 | $1,306 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 15 | $1,261 |
| Nevro Corp. | 16 | $981 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 31 | $530 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $360 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 7 | $321 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 8 | $205 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 9 | $202 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 9 | $159 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 4 | $84 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Amgen | 3 | $67 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 3 | $66 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $31 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $24 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Painteq LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Vertex | 1 | $18 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Evoke$2,732
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$778
- PROCLAIM$648
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$634
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$420
- Superion Indirect Decompression System$290
- Omnia$281
- Senza$262
- Intracept$150
- SYNCHROMEDII$150
- Proclaim IPG$126
- ETERNA$123
- ReActiv8$120
- SPRINT PNS System$117
- QULIPTA$104
How this compares
$13,889 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 113 acute care providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 602 | $14,073 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 269 | $7,016 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 233 | $3,796 |
| Pregabalin | 133 | $3,713 |
| Gabapentin | 234 | $3,495 |
| Methocarbamol | 74 | $1,222 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 98 | $1,177 |
| Baclofen | 78 | $974 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 59 | $867 |
| Celecoxib | 46 | $796 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 62 | $646 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 89 | $576 |
| Diclofenac Potassium | 15 | $572 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 42 | $520 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 25 | $424 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other acute care in Overland Park
- Ashley KrsticOverland Park$932
- Monica WilsonOverland Park$351
- Susan MooreOttawa$31K
- Jennifer WatkinsKansas City$23K
- Stephanie LiningerShawnee Mission$15K
- Sarah KrejciLeawood$12K
- Lesa FullerWichita$9K
- Kristi DuchanoisKansas City$6K
- Jorge SimentalHutchinson$6K
- Katie JaschkeKansas City$5K
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.