Shivani Simmons
Physician Assistant · New Orleans, LANPI 1679001408
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 88 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,182, 5.2 times the $227 reported in 2021.
Across 88 payments — averaging $24.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$250
- Novartis$214
- Sanofi$176
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$150
- BTG International Inc.$132
- AstraZeneca$116
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,136100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $250 |
| Novartis | 9 | $214 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $176 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 6 | $150 |
| BTG International Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 6 | $116 |
| Merck | 5 | $111 |
| CSL Behring | 4 | $108 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $104 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 3 | $83 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Incyte Corporation | 3 | $68 |
| Sobi, Inc | 3 | $67 |
| Bayer | 3 | $66 |
| Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $52 |
| Pharmaessentia USA Corporation | 2 | $50 |
| Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| USWM, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Genetix Biotherapeutics Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Beone Medicines USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $20 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Seagen Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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
$2,136 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,246 physician assistant providers in Louisiana.
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.