Taylor Tapscott, NP
Nurse Practitioner · Knoxville, TNNPI 1174028336
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.0%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 34.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,895 and has fallen 75.5% since, to $708 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in TN 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 107 payments — averaging $46.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$2K
- Alpha Orthopedic Systems$1K
- Amgen$799
- Radius Health, Inc.$454
- Johnson & Johnson$185
- C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries$146
- plus $515 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$90818%
- Food & beverage$2,71254%
- Education$1,40328%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 11 | $1,754 |
| Alpha Orthopedic Systems | 15 | $1,169 |
| Amgen | 33 | $799 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 15 | $454 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $185 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $146 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $126 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $60 |
| Vertex | 3 | $55 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $14 |
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.
- EVENITY$245
- Prolia$195
- Channel Drain$146
- XARELTO$144
How this compares
$5,023 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,662 nurse practitioner providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TymlosAbaloparatide | 36 | $116,900 |
| Evenity (2 Syringes)Romosozumab-Aqqg | 31 | $74,088 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 22 | $37,413 |
| EliquisApixaban | 12 | $6,911 |
| Celecoxib | 85 | $1,721 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 105 | $750 |
| Methocarbamol | 82 | $738 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 81 | $601 |
| Meloxicam | 55 | $260 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 20 | $225 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 13 | $222 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $160 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 47 | $126 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 12 | $94 |
| Amoxicillin | 36 | $32 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos | $454 | $116,90036 claims |
| AmgenEvenity (2 Syringes), Prolia | $799 | $111,50153 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 90th percentile of 2,662 nurse practitioner providers in Tennessee.
Other nurse practitioner in Knoxville
- Karen RodenKnoxville$265K
- Erica HembreeKnoxville$125K
- Robin LovedayKnoxville$56K
- Tiffany SteelmanKnoxville$21K
- Jennifer BerryKnoxville$19K
- Erica HillKnoxville$13K
- Amy HatcherMurfreesboro$1.1M
- Susan UtleyNashville$194K
- Whitney EricksonMemphis$159K
- Brooke FaughtNashville$87K
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.