Jessica Wachtel, PA
Physician Assistant · Waterloo, ILNPI 1306829775
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 219 payments — averaging $19.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$1K
- AbbVie$895
- Lilly USA, LLC$531
- Novo Nordisk$271
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$197
- Amgen$176
- plus $934 from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,344100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 61 | $1,339 |
| AbbVie | 49 | $895 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 28 | $531 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $271 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 8 | $197 |
| Amgen | 9 | $176 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $92 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $78 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $70 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $65 |
| Bayer | 2 | $47 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $44 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 3 | $43 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $42 |
| GSK | 2 | $41 |
| Organon | 2 | $40 |
| Novartis | 2 | $38 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $33 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 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.
How this compares
$4,344 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,912 physician assistant providers in Illinois.
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 | 78 | $82,220 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 114 | $82,026 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 38 | $48,744 |
| Bydureon BciseExenatide Microspheres | 29 | $45,805 |
| EliquisApixaban | 48 | $38,194 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 33 | $31,282 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 46 | $29,455 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 33 | $26,818 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 14 | $10,457 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 59 | $7,813 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 13 | $7,374 |
| Incruse ElliptaUmeclidinium Bromide | 12 | $4,221 |
| Omeprazole | 181 | $2,190 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 273 | $2,005 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 215 | $1,905 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $1,339 | $111,481160 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $65 | $82,22078 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $271 | $48,74438 claims |
| MerckJanuvia, Janumet Xr | $20 | $38,65646 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $78 | $38,19448 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $17 | $26,81833 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $41 | $14,67826 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $895 | $87713 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 3,912 physician assistant providers in Illinois.
Other physician assistant in Waterloo
- Andrew MastroChicago$419K
- Christopher AricoSkokie$407K
- Karlijn BurridgeWestmont$144K
- Ian MackeySkokie$135K
- Stephanie TraceyItasca$122K
- Olabimpe PhilipsAddison$103K
- Renata BlockChicago$103K
- Margaret RomanoChicago$82K
- Christina StarksChicago$77K
- Darrel CutlerHerrin$74K
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.