Sarah Nelson
Physician Assistant · New Orleans, LANPI 1801445457
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 28 payments — averaging $48.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$188
- Shionogi Inc$125
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$125
- AstraZeneca$117
- Gilead$114
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$103
- plus $593 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,365100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $188 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $117 |
| Gilead | 1 | $114 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $102 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Incyte Corporation | 3 | $57 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $45 |
| Merck | 2 | $42 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $38 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $31 |
| Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| GSK | 1 | $18 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Vertex | 1 | $15 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $14 |
| Medline Industries LP | 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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$188
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$188
- Fetroja$125
- STRATAFIX$125
- Epclusa$114
- GIVLAARI$103
- Rezzayo$102
How this compares
$1,365 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 1,246 physician assistant providers in Louisiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diazepam | 30 | $43 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 16 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in New Orleans
- Jefferson OberleNew Orleans$66K
- Jennifer ScheuermannNew Orleans$56K
- Elizabeth ClementNew Orleans$35K
- David GsellNew Orleans$26K
- Nakia BrooksNew Orleans$25K
- Sydney TsenNew Orleans$16K
- Stephanie EscheteNew Orleans$9K
- Rija AmirNew Orleans$7K
- Emily EstopinalNew Orleans$6K
- Shelly EsnardBaton Rouge$141K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.