Alan Tesson
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · Fort Pierce, FLNPI 1518000637
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.1% of the total across 193 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 12 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,979 and has fallen 79.8% since, to $399 in 2024. Among child & adolescent psychiatry clinicians in FL 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 193 payments — averaging $28.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$1K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$1K
- AbbVie$805
- Johnson & Johnson$735
- Alkermes, Inc.$565
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$323
- plus $516 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,23795%
- Education$2695%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 42 | $1,303 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 30 | $1,259 |
| AbbVie | 26 | $805 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 35 | $735 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 28 | $565 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 11 | $323 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 13 | $259 |
| Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Indivior Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- CAPLYTA$844
- AUSTEDO$369
- VRAYLAR$244
- INVEGA SUSTENNA$125
- REXULTI$125
- Austedo XR$119
How this compares
$5,506 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 206 child & adolescent psychiatry providers in Florida.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Invega TrinzaPaliperidone Palmitate | 11 | $111,616 |
| Invega SustennaPaliperidone Palmitate | 12 | $39,225 |
| VraylarCariprazine Hcl | 27 | $38,699 |
| CaplytaLumateperone Tosylate | 11 | $18,464 |
| Clozapine | 55 | $5,251 |
| Fluphenazine Hcl | 21 | $2,409 |
| Aripiprazole | 24 | $2,164 |
| Paliperidone ErPaliperidone | 11 | $1,400 |
| Haloperidol | 38 | $951 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 38 | $761 |
| Benztropine Mesylate | 59 | $619 |
| Olanzapine | 50 | $452 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate ErQuetiapine Fumarate | 15 | $354 |
| Risperidone | 32 | $272 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 17 | $270 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonInvega Trinza, Invega Sustenna | $735 | $150,84123 claims |
| AbbVieVraylar | $805 | $38,69927 claims |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)Caplyta | $1,259 | $18,46411 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 206 child & adolescent psychiatry providers in Florida.
Other child & adolescent psychiatry in Fort Pierce
- Craig KuninsGulfport$265K
- Elias SarkisGainesville$169K
- Jeffrey AlvaroSt Petersburg$87K
- Rosa Negron MunozLakeland$39K
- Sean HoranMiami$17K
- Rachel AgustinesLargo$16K
- Carlos BorgeSarasota$15K
- Justin SpoonerPonte Vedra Beach$12K
- Bhaskar RajuOrlando$11K
- Americo PadillaMiami$11K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.