Clarissa Lechuga
Physician Assistant · Bell, CANPI 1649816497
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 131 payments — averaging $21.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$736
- Lilly USA, LLC$282
- Boehringer Ingelheim$279
- Novartis$211
- Novo Nordisk$194
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$143
- plus $948 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,794100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $736 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $282 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $279 |
| Novartis | 16 | $211 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $194 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $143 |
| Bayer | 5 | $110 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $95 |
| GSK | 5 | $85 |
| Merck | 4 | $80 |
| Amgen | 2 | $62 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $59 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $51 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $50 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $48 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 3 | $43 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $37 |
| Organon | 1 | $31 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $22 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- XARELTO$120
How this compares
$2,794 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 135 | $176,206 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 40 | $56,447 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 45 | $50,036 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 16 | $38,550 |
| EliquisApixaban | 53 | $38,445 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 13 | $16,869 |
| UnithroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 28 | $7,332 |
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100Insulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 24 | $6,816 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 54 | $6,183 |
| Humalog Kwikpen U-100Insulin Lispro | 15 | $3,404 |
| ShingrixVaricella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf | 12 | $2,272 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 228 | $1,618 |
| Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters | 28 | $1,225 |
| Losartan Potassium | 135 | $1,112 |
| Metformin Hcl | 164 | $1,026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $279 | $176,206135 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $194 | $56,44740 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $282 | $55,41929 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $80 | $50,03645 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $20 | $38,44553 claims |
| GSKShingrix | $85 | $2,27212 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 10,423 physician assistant providers in California.
Other physician assistant in Bell
- John QuigleyDowney$2.9M
- Andrea NguyenIrvine$1M
- Mikhail AlperMadera$889K
- Erin JensenUpland$716K
- Franklin ClineSacramento$458K
- Carla CrespoMarina del Rey$297K
- Katherine OsakiEl Centro$274K
- Shawna JonesFountain Valley$266K
- Heather AustinSalinas$219K
- Eric CheungLos Angeles$213K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.