Trang Nguyen
Nurse Practitioner · Houston, TXNPI 1053726240
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.0% of the total across 84 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 29.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $794 and has fallen 74.1% since, to $205 in 2025.
Across 84 payments — averaging $24.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$617
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$430
- Lilly USA, LLC$136
- Tersera Therapeutics LLC$130
- Amgen$126
- Boehringer Ingelheim$119
- plus $542 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$201%
- Food & beverage$2,07799%
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) | 24 | $617 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 18 | $430 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $136 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 4 | $130 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 8 | $126 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $119 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $111 |
| GSK | 4 | $65 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $55 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $21 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| ADMA Biomanufacturing LLC | 1 | $20 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Organon | 1 | $17 |
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.
- OPDIVO$111
How this compares
$2,097 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 5,422 nurse practitioner providers in Texas.
Other nurse practitioner in Houston
- Melanie MorrisHouston$254K
- Julie WeatherlyHouston$87K
- Katrina KingHouston$44K
- Allison TurnerHouston$37K
- Tiffany RichardsHouston$37K
- Bianca CaloHouston$36K
- Arby CohenHouston$23K
- Virginia MarxHouston$19K
- Hermeyone BellHouston$17K
- Cecilia DavisAustin$262K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.