Stephanie Eschete
Physician Assistant · New Orleans, LANPI 1275980906
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,142 of the $8,598 with a category attached, or 71.4%. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.3%. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,410 and has fallen 78.5% since, to $949 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 160 payments — averaging $53.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$2K
- AbbVie$1K
- Bristol Myers Squibb$1K
- Gilead$764
- Sanofi$337
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$297
- plus $3K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,60319%
- Travel & lodging$85210%
- Food & beverage$6,14271%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $2,000 |
| AbbVie | 40 | $1,380 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 16 | $1,036 |
| Gilead | 9 | $764 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $337 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 19 | $297 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 7 | $281 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $259 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $236 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $225 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $221 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $188 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $121 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $114 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $102 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| GSK | 1 | $98 |
| Biofire Diagnostics, LLC | 3 | $95 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 4 | $75 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 2 | $72 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$8,598 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,246 physician assistant providers in Louisiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 21 | $577,426 |
| StelaraUstekinumab | 18 | $445,151 |
| InflectraInfliximab-Dyyb | 11 | $102,457 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 20 | $1,121 |
| LoperamideLoperamide Hcl | 14 | $497 |
| Omeprazole | 11 | $219 |
| Sucralfate | 12 | $217 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 26 | $129 |
| Famotidine | 11 | $106 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonStelara | $236 | $445,15118 claims |
| PfizerInflectra | $259 | $102,45711 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 95th 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
- Rija AmirNew Orleans$7K
- Emily EstopinalNew Orleans$6K
- Shelly EsnardBaton Rouge$141K
- Claire DarreJefferson$50K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.