Simona Brown, CRNA
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered · Hartford, CTNPI 1083050736
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 11 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 27.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $114, 4.4 times the $26 reported in 2021.
Across 11 payments — averaging $18.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$57
- AbbVie$26
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$25
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$24
- CSL Behring$23
- Ardelyx, Inc.$21
- plus $30 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$205100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 4 | $57 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $26 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $23 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$205 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 532 nurse anesthetist, certified registered providers in Connecticut.
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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.
Other nurse anesthetist, certified registered in Hartford
- Krista KoernerHartford$6K
- Kelly BuonicontiHartford$3K
- Jennifer MiareckiHartford$3K
- Jeffrey WoodHartford$1K
- Kristen PaskewichHartford$1K
- Michael ZielinskiHartford$1K
- Tara HodgkinHartford$842
- Rachel Gates-BellHartford$654
- Daveneet RandhawaHartford$640
- Jennifer McDanielHartford$608
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.