Patricio Escalona
Psychiatry · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1073626156
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $402,210 of the $486,639 with a category attached, or 82.7%. Alkermes, Inc. accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Among psychiatry clinicians in NM with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 463 payments — averaging $1051.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alkermes, Inc.$486K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$523
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$23,5905%
- Speaking & faculty fees$402,21083%
- Travel & lodging$47,96810%
- Food & beverage$12,8703%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alkermes, Inc. | 461 | $486,116 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $523 |
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$1,216,898
- LYBALVI$711,551
- ARISTADA INITIO$293,693
- AUSTEDO$520
How this compares
$486,639 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 174 psychiatry providers in New Mexico.
Other psychiatry in Albuquerque
- Mauricio TohenAlbuquerque$160K
- Shiva SharmaAlbuquerque$140K
- Javier VeraAlbuquerque$8K
- Nancy MartinAlbuquerque$6K
- Reuben SutterAlbuquerque$5K
- Swala AbramsAlbuquerque$3K
- David EarlAlbuquerque$3K
- Ronald RomanikAlbuquerque$2K
- Anthony HolzgangAlbuquerque$2K
- Mahvish KhanAlbuquerque$2K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.