Laquita Shepherd, MD
Family Medicine · Mesquite, TXNPI 1063483998
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 4 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 38.5% of the total. 2024 is the largest year on record at $38, 3.3 times the $12 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for family medicine clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $436.
Across 4 payments — averaging $16.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$25
- Abbott$15
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$13
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$12
Across 33 payments — averaging $8101.07 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Merck$262K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$4K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$2K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$67
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$65100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| Abbott | 1 | $15 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$65 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 8,760 family medicine providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 35 | $33,004 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 17 | $22,901 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 16 | $17,880 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 19 | $15,462 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 14 | $14,340 |
| ActonelRisedronate Sodium | 11 | $3,620 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 15 | $2,389 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 94 | $909 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 35 | $854 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 35 | $791 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 24 | $725 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 115 | $683 |
| Omeprazole | 35 | $610 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 69 | $598 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $580 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Mesquite
- Sharon KirvenMesquite$98K
- Carlos CamposNew Braunfels$1.5M
- Aaron KingSan Antonio$1.1M
- Bradley WassonArlington$734K
- Cynthia BrinsonAustin$402K
- Michael MendezLubbock$368K
- Sang Tae KimAmarillo$368K
- Sumit PerakathuHarlingen$342K
- Joel SolisMcAllen$324K
- Robert CampbellFort Worth$318K
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.