Erika Hester, PA
Physician Assistant · Madison, MSNPI 1811649569
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (56.8%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 52.1% of the total. Among physician assistant clinicians in MS 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 86 payments — averaging $72.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Pfizer$303
- AbbVie$161
- AstraZeneca$66
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$32
- plus $273 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,53657%
- Food & beverage$2,61142%
- Education$821%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 26 | $3,246 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $2,148 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $303 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $161 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $66 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $32 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $31 |
| GSK | 2 | $29 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $28 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $17 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Chiesi USA, 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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$2,069
How this compares
$6,229 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 278 physician assistant providers in Mississippi.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Colchicine | 37 | $587 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 16 | $529 |
| Sucralfate | 24 | $361 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 24 | $149 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $141 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 19 | $104 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 14 | $87 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 13 | $37 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | $36 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 11 | $36 |
| Prednisone | 15 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Madison
- Erin CurranMadison$10K
- Lavinia DrambareanHattiesburg$382K
- Karmen ClarkOcean Springs$49K
- Kristen RichardsonFlowood$21K
- Connie KlotzbachOcean Springs$20K
- Nichole HornHattiesburg$19K
- Hannah SavelyTupelo$13K
- Barry FlippoSouthaven$13K
- Mary AdamsOcean Springs$13K
- Siera ShiyouJackson$12K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.