Jessica Hitte, PA
Physician Assistant · Providence, RINPI 1861126997
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 176 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 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.6% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,830 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $55 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in RI 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 176 payments — averaging $20.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$665
- Novo Nordisk$596
- AstraZeneca$523
- Lilly USA, LLC$458
- Pfizer$250
- Boehringer Ingelheim$158
- plus $936 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,585100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 37 | $665 |
| Novo Nordisk | 32 | $596 |
| AstraZeneca | 25 | $523 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 16 | $458 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $250 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $158 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $151 |
| Exact Sciences | 6 | $137 |
| Bayer | 6 | $109 |
| Amgen | 4 | $98 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $80 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 3 | $70 |
| Merck | 3 | $62 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Lucid Diagnostics Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $30 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$3,585 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 481 physician assistant providers in Rhode Island.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 59 | $56,147 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 26 | $34,104 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 11 | $27,310 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 15 | $20,897 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 28 | $19,339 |
| EliquisApixaban | 23 | $14,113 |
| TradjentaLinagliptin | 23 | $11,486 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 17 | $11,271 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 17 | $8,507 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 13 | $6,743 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 454 | $5,841 |
| Omeprazole | 202 | $3,077 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 217 | $2,691 |
| Losartan Potassium | 225 | $2,526 |
| Lisinopril | 269 | $2,458 |
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, Tradjenta, Spiriva Respimat | $158 | $76,13999 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $596 | $34,10426 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $523 | $20,89715 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $665 | $19,33928 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $250 | $14,11323 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $62 | $6,74313 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $151 | $76714 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 481 physician assistant providers in Rhode Island.
Other physician assistant in Providence
- Thomas BalesProvidence$28K
- Paige LovelaceProvidence$9K
- Christina TravisonoProvidence$7K
- Meghan BurtonProvidence$6K
- Helen NguyenProvidence$6K
- James NoonProvidence$6K
- Mark TrottProvidence$5K
- Victoria WebberProvidence$5K
- Christine PalecznyProvidence$4K
- Emily GroteProvidence$4K
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.