Tara Tackett, APRN
Family · Charleston, WVNPI 1235585027
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.1% of the total across 201 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Abbott accounts for 81.7% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among family clinicians in WV 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 201 payments — averaging $32.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$5K
- Curonix LLC$404
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$200
- Vertos Medical, Inc.$132
- AbbVie$74
- Exact Sciences$67
- plus $315 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1913%
- Food & beverage$6,31697%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 166 | $5,317 |
| Curonix LLC | 7 | $404 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 3 | $200 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $74 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $67 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $59 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Bayer | 2 | $30 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $27 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vertex | 1 | $16 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $12 |
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
$6,507 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,507 family providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 41 | $11,494 |
| Gabapentin | 302 | $2,914 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 98 | $2,333 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 201 | $1,687 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 140 | $946 |
| Lidocaine | 12 | $820 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 91 | $669 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 28 | $522 |
| Pregabalin | 59 | $519 |
| Ibuprofen | 25 | $269 |
| Baclofen | 16 | $199 |
| Nabumetone | 14 | $190 |
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $189 |
| Meloxicam | 24 | $138 |
| Topiramate | 22 | $137 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Charleston
- Ashley ComerCharleston$213K
- Sarah KnightCharleston$99K
- Angela SettleCharleston$51K
- Malea SmithCharleston$13K
- Michelle MurrayCharleston$13K
- Kara DravenstottCharleston$11K
- Stacy RichardsonCharleston$11K
- Rebecca ButcherCharleston$9K
- Jade LewisCharleston$8K
- Ashton HolbrookCharleston$8K
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.