Vanessa Jaco
Acute Care · Harlan, KYNPI 1114049095
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 168 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 31.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $932 and has fallen 67.2% since, to $306 in 2025.
Across 168 payments — averaging $15.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$797
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$489
- Johnson & Johnson$235
- Merck$218
- Pfizer$124
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$117
- plus $594 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,574100%
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 | 39 | $797 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 57 | $489 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $235 |
| Merck | 13 | $218 |
| Pfizer | 8 | $124 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 10 | $117 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $117 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $53 |
| GSK | 3 | $49 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $30 |
| Amgen | 2 | $27 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Biogen | 1 | $24 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $22 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $18 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $16 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $11 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $11 |
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.
- ACCENT$152
- Accent Pacemaker$148
How this compares
$2,574 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 319 acute care providers in Kentucky.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 21 | $24,685 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 13 | $350 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 22 | $304 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 26 | $277 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 36 | $241 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 18 | $180 |
| Potassium Chloride | 11 | $178 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 40 | $154 |
| Losartan Potassium | 28 | $149 |
| Lisinopril | 16 | $108 |
| Nitroglycerin | 14 | $97 |
| Carvedilol | 11 | $60 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $124 | $24,68521 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 85th percentile of 319 acute care providers in Kentucky.
Other acute care in Harlan
- Shannon AtkinsonBowling Green$63K
- Billie WaltersLexington$20K
- Audra MarcumLexington$14K
- Holly ChitwoodLexington$10K
- Vanessa PaddyElizabethtown$8K
- Baylee KnoxGlasgow$8K
- Katherine BeanOwensboro$7K
- Anna BayesAshland$7K
- Brittany ShortAshland$6K
- Chadwick HuntLexington$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.