Ruth Chevez, APRN
Nurse Practitioner · Lincoln, RINPI 1134599285
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.7% of the total across 51 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alkermes, Inc. at 26.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $954, 3.1 times the $311 reported in 2021. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in RI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 51 payments — averaging $39.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alkermes, Inc.$530
- AbbVie$440
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$181
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$156
- Indivior Inc.$91
- Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$84
- plus $514 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,991100%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alkermes, Inc. | 6 | $530 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $440 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $181 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 4 | $156 |
| Indivior Inc. | 3 | $91 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $84 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $78 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $68 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $49 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $36 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Biogen | 1 | $21 |
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.
- ARISTADA$942
- LYBALVI$400
- VRAYLAR$248
- ARISTADA INITIO$236
- CAPLYTA$125
How this compares
$1,997 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 396 nurse practitioner providers in Rhode Island.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 26 | $569 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 16 | $192 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other nurse practitioner in Lincoln
- Linda YoungLincoln$19K
- Nicholas ChasseLincoln$3K
- Victoria VoshchinLincoln$409
- Lynne GlaserCumberland$17K
- Stephanie CostaWarwick$9K
- Maria SilvaJohnston$7K
- Natalie DriscollMiddletown$6K
- Lea KellyProvidence$5K
- Kathleen ParkerWarwick$5K
- Priscilla PonteEast Providence$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.