Shelly Esnard
Physician Assistant · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1750624300
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $117,675 of the $140,786 with a category attached, or 83.6%. AbbVie accounts for 99.6% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $50,689 and has fallen 73.2% since, to $13,580 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in LA 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 261 payments — averaging $539.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$140K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$175
- Abbott$145
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$106
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$57
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$40
- plus $22 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,2922%
- Speaking & faculty fees$117,67584%
- Travel & lodging$15,45211%
- Food & beverage$4,3673%
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(2 entities) | 251 | $140,241 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 5 | $175 |
| Abbott | 1 | $145 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $106 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $40 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
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.
- BOTOX$73,768
- KYBELLA$500
- FreeStyle Libre$145
- Flexitouch Plus$106
- ENTRE$106
How this compares
$140,786 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,246 physician assistant providers in Louisiana.
Other physician assistant in Baton Rouge
- Savannah SanchezBaton Rouge$19K
- Belinda CowartBaton Rouge$14K
- Timothy KwanBaton Rouge$11K
- Kristin GreenBaton Rouge$11K
- Heather WadeBaton Rouge$9K
- Alexandra RichardsBaton Rouge$8K
- Emily WagnerBaton Rouge$8K
- Amy SmithBaton Rouge$6K
- Donna FosterBaton Rouge$6K
- Victoria GeigerBaton Rouge$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.