Tara Nichols
Nurse Practitioner · Canton, OHNPI 1205364007
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 66 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 34 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,150, 3.1 times the $377 reported in 2021. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in OH 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 66 payments — averaging $58.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$913
- AbbVie$606
- Atricure, Inc.$364
- Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc$161
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$120
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$119
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,840100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 9 | $913 |
| AbbVie | 10 | $606 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 9 | $364 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $161 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $120 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $98 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $94 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Biogen | 1 | $85 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $75 |
| Bayer | 1 | $63 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $54 |
| Stryker | 2 | $51 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $50 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $36 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $27 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Werfen USA LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $20 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $18 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$3,840 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 4,700 nurse practitioner providers in Ohio.
Other nurse practitioner in Canton
- Amy HazelCanton$63K
- Kristin BarnesCanton$9K
- Margaret BobonichCleveland$235K
- Mary GallagherWestlake$229K
- Sonia HissettCincinnati$179K
- Ashley TaylorNew Albany$107K
- Beth FaimanCleveland$101K
- Katherine AlexanderColumbus$99K
- Tiffany JonesCincinnati$99K
- Kate NewmanWestlake$78K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.