Shari Nieman Corso
Acute Care · Littleton, CONPI 1629214713
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $10,774 of the $13,719 with a category attached, or 78.5%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 28.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $5,665 and has fallen 75.7% since, to $1,375 in 2025. Among acute care clinicians in CO 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 200 payments — averaging $68.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Abbott$4K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$1K
- Cvrx, Inc.$908
- Amgen$653
- Novartis$346
- plus $3K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,94521%
- Food & beverage$10,77479%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 48 | $3,914 |
| Abbott | 34 | $3,821 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 14 | $1,314 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 8 | $908 |
| Amgen | 26 | $653 |
| Novartis | 10 | $346 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $296 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $283 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 4 | $273 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $258 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $238 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $145 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $144 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $142 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $141 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $138 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $135 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $122 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $121 |
| Merck | 2 | $67 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $16 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$2,315
- WATCHMAN Access System$1,853
- OPTIMIZER$1,814
- Barostim Neo System$836
- CARDIOMEMS$738
- Watchman$526
- WATCHMAN FLX$169
- Micra$162
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$161
- GENERAL TACHY$147
- Impella$142
- MULTAQ$125
- Inpefa$122
- Wegovy$122
- Repatha$121
- ZEPBOUND$121
- FABRAZYME$121
- FFRct$121
- WAINUA$119
- JARDIANCE$118
How this compares
$13,719 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 239 acute care providers in Colorado.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 12 | $22,022 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 25 | $311 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 14 | $301 |
| Spironolactone | 21 | $110 |
| Ezetimibe | 12 | $109 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 14 | $49 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $145 | $22,02212 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 239 acute care providers in Colorado.
Other acute care in Littleton
- Danielle ParkerLittleton$7K
- Elizabeth CarterLittleton$6K
- Amy CardonaLittleton$4K
- Bonnie ScheckenbachLittleton$4K
- Marianne MoralesLittleton$3K
- Jamee McCarthyLittleton$3K
- Carol SchwanzLittleton$1K
- Tiffany MorganColorado Springs$590K
- Wendy StevensCortez$57K
- Peter ByrneLone Tree$56K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.