Stephanie Oertel
Physician Assistant · Westport, CTNPI 1164933750
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.1% of the total across 129 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 47.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,285, 8.9 times the $144 reported in 2021. Among physician assistant clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 129 payments — averaging $24.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- UCB, Inc.$295
- Incyte Corporation$260
- Johnson & Johnson$249
- Merz North America, Inc.$247
- Novartis$116
- plus $471 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,05297%
- Education$903%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 63 | $1,504 |
| UCB, Inc. | 15 | $295 |
| Incyte Corporation | 11 | $260 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $249 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Novartis | 6 | $116 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $114 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $99 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 4 | $80 |
| Amgen | 2 | $47 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $23 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Organon | 1 | $20 |
| Biofrontera Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$3,142 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,795 physician assistant providers in Connecticut.
Other physician assistant in Westport
- Gary SpinnerBridgeport$119K
- Jordan MarcouTrumbull$44K
- Mary ElliottGuilford$43K
- Christopher ThompsonGroton$42K
- Michael LalondeNew Haven$35K
- Kristine LaneMiddletown$30K
- Kathryn MidgleyNew Haven$28K
- Richard MoroPlainfield$25K
- Janine TedescoDarien$21K
- Marina MathewFairfield$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.