Vivien Onyekwere
Nurse Practitioner · Sugar Land, TXNPI 1780079681
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 80 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 33.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $583 and has fallen 50.5% since, to $289 in 2025.
Across 80 payments — averaging $23.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$627
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$386
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$202
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$135
- Valinor Pharma, LLC$81
- Redhill Biopharma Inc.$61
- plus $394 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,886100%
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 | 12 | $627 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 21 | $386 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 13 | $202 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $135 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 4 | $81 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $54 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $38 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $23 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $19 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $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.
- PROCLAIM$263
- Proclaim IPG$116
How this compares
$1,886 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 5,422 nurse practitioner providers in Texas.
Other nurse practitioner in Sugar Land
- Cecilia DavisAustin$262K
- Melanie MorrisHouston$254K
- Stephanie BrownHarlingen$235K
- Brittney MisercolaKilleen$223K
- Roger ChapmanTyler$211K
- Corrie BerkSan Antonio$155K
- Samantha OnealDallas$133K
- Onna FeuchterSouthlake$108K
- Stephanie AgrellaRound Rock$102K
- Sue RankinAmarillo$89K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.