Whitney Apperson
Nurse Practitioner · Valdosta, GANPI 1437648235
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,551 of the $3,942 with a category attached, or 64.7%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 42.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,540 and has fallen 93.6% since, to $99 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in GA 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 134 payments — averaging $29.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$2K
- AbbVie$868
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$308
- Johnson & Johnson$205
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$177
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$127
- plus $574 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,34434%
- Food & beverage$2,55165%
- Education$471%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 17 | $1,683 |
| AbbVie | 48 | $868 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 16 | $308 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $205 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 10 | $177 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $127 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 5 | $125 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 6 | $92 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 3 | $52 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $51 |
| Evoke Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Organon | 1 | $18 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$3,942 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,328 nurse practitioner providers in Georgia.
Other nurse practitioner in Valdosta
- Victor CzerkasijDalton$505K
- Kennon Mc CollumStockbridge$364K
- Tajuana BradleyJohns Creek$256K
- Jessica AdkinsSavannah$226K
- Janice McAlisterAtlanta$221K
- Laura ElledgeAtlanta$177K
- Afsha HussainiKennesaw$122K
- Elizabeth TyeAlbany$78K
- Luis PoloSavannah$70K
- Karen BauerDecatur$44K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.