Sarah Mestepey
Primary Care · Denham Springs, LANPI 1184032013
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 211 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 43.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,242, 4.5 times the $273 reported in 2021.
Across 211 payments — averaging $17.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$2K
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$447
- Corium, LLC$351
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$229
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$182
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$176
- plus $731 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,762100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 105 | $1,646 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 34 | $447 |
| Corium, LLC | 11 | $351 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 14 | $229 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 4 | $182 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 9 | $176 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 5 | $95 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 5 | $88 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 5 | $75 |
| Cranial Technologies, Inc | 3 | $67 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $45 |
| Merck | 3 | $42 |
| GSK | 2 | $41 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $23 |
| PTC Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $17 |
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
$3,762 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 106 primary care providers in Louisiana.
Other primary care in Denham Springs
- Wendy TaylorShreveport$15K
- Jodi BurasCovington$14K
- Mia Schexnayder-DavisNew Orleans$10K
- Lourdes TorresMonroe$8K
- Danielle WebsterPrairieville$8K
- Alle NorrisCovington$6K
- Ariel GrahamRayville$6K
- Eleisa FloydHouma$6K
- Emily FusilierBaton Rouge$5K
- Angela ParettiCovington$5K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.