Leif Sternung, APRN
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Pensacola, FLNPI 1558356428
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 717 payments — averaging $20.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$2K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$2K
- Alkermes, Inc.$1K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$1K
- AbbVie$1K
- Lundbeck LLC$850
- plus $7K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$14,27098%
- Education$2912%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 80 | $2,053 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 75 | $1,545 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 35 | $1,148 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 38 | $1,108 |
| AbbVie | 96 | $1,096 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 56 | $850 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 22 | $786 |
| Corium, LLC | 39 | $745 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 23 | $729 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 36 | $616 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 25 | $534 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 13 | $441 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 31 | $425 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 19 | $351 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 16 | $329 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 15 | $315 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 16 | $237 |
| Eisai Inc. | 6 | $196 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $173 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 21 | $171 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 10 | $162 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 7 | $99 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $98 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $71 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 3 | $38 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals 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.
- ARISTADA$948
- ABILIFY MAINTENA$455
- LYBALVI$453
- CAPLYTA$417
- Austedo XR$375
- REXULTI$368
- Auvelity$319
- INVEGA SUSTENNA$244
- INVEGA TRINZA$244
- ARISTADA INITIO$237
- ABILIFY ASIMTUFII$232
- Fanapt$231
- COBENFY$125
- UZEDY$125
- QUVIVIQ$124
- Cotempla XR-ODT$119
- Adzenys XR-ODT$119
- ZolpiMist$119
- VRAYLAR$108
- Dayvigo$104
How this compares
$14,561 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,096 psychiatric/mental health providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aripiprazole | 71 | $8,379 |
| BelsomraSuvorexant | 12 | $6,280 |
| Vilazodone Hcl | 25 | $4,330 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet ErDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 95 | $3,939 |
| DayvigoLemborexant | 11 | $3,706 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 97 | $3,398 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 123 | $3,069 |
| Desvenlafaxine Succinate ErDesvenlafaxine Succinate | 32 | $3,056 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 101 | $2,377 |
| Methylphenidate ErMethylphenidate Hcl | 15 | $1,846 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 114 | $1,586 |
| Alprazolam | 274 | $1,552 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 62 | $1,432 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 151 | $1,377 |
| Olanzapine | 17 | $1,376 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eisai Inc.Dayvigo | $196 | $3,70611 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCOlanzapine | $173 | $1,37617 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $315 | $82863 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 95th percentile of 3,096 psychiatric/mental health providers in Florida.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Pensacola
- Scott DurrancePensacola$224K
- Rohona MascharakPensacola$42K
- Roger RiveraKissimmee$1.6M
- Bethanie Simmons BecilJacksonville$782K
- Hannah PhillipsMaitland$455K
- Cheedy JajaTampa$266K
- Eudaldo AponteHialeah$214K
- Heather WarrenTallahassee$172K
- Angela DavenportAlachua$83K
- Natalie MoodyWinter Haven$75K
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.