Stephanie Akunne, NP
Adult Health · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1962809392
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 285 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 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,636, more than ten times the $39 reported in 2021.
Across 285 payments — averaging $17.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$730
- Novo Nordisk$655
- Lilly USA, LLC$525
- AbbVie$499
- AstraZeneca$434
- Boehringer Ingelheim$389
- plus $2K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,070100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 41 | $730 |
| Novo Nordisk | 47 | $655 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 37 | $525 |
| AbbVie | 31 | $499 |
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $434 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 22 | $389 |
| Corium, LLC | 15 | $296 |
| Abbott | 9 | $238 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $198 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $126 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $125 |
| Bayer | 6 | $122 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Biogen | 3 | $79 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $75 |
| Amgen | 4 | $73 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $40 |
| Merck | 2 | $33 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $28 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $25 |
| Novartis | 1 | $19 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$5,070 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 203 adult health providers in Louisiana.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 40 | $66,231 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 27 | $36,341 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 16 | $21,810 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 22 | $20,085 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 16 | $15,635 |
| VyvanseLisdexamfetamine Dimesylate | 12 | $4,778 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 46 | $1,326 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 52 | $937 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 99 | $908 |
| Gabapentin | 37 | $877 |
| Metformin Hcl ErMetformin Hcl | 60 | $753 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 70 | $708 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 18 | $611 |
| Omeprazole | 32 | $550 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 73 | $548 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $655 | $66,23140 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $525 | $58,15243 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $434 | $20,08522 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $389 | $15,63516 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Vyvanse | $126 | $4,77812 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 203 adult health providers in Louisiana.
Other adult health in Baton Rouge
- Joan SmithBaton Rouge$121K
- Deborah SmithBaton Rouge$18K
- Tanisha SmithBaton Rouge$17K
- Eva Marina StaffordBaton Rouge$15K
- Dustin DenicolaBaton Rouge$14K
- Wendy GillBaton Rouge$13K
- Jennifer LeblancBaton Rouge$12K
- Carrie PerryBaton Rouge$6K
- Auldyn HirscheyBaton Rouge$6K
- Colette BlanchardBaton Rouge$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.