Stephen Chesser
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Panama City, FLNPI 1578696977
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.9% of the total across 207 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 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,821 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $20 in 2024.
Across 207 payments — averaging $20.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$834
- Johnson & Johnson$338
- Lundbeck LLC$239
- Eisai Inc.$205
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$204
- plus $1K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,14499%
- Education$471%
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 | 63 | $1,002 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 23 | $834 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $338 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 13 | $239 |
| Eisai Inc. | 11 | $205 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 13 | $204 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 13 | $175 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $128 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $124 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 6 | $124 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $112 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $111 |
| Corium, LLC | 5 | $102 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 3 | $77 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $52 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $40 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Alfasigma USA, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Merck | 1 | $24 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, 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
$4,191 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,096 psychiatric/mental health providers in Florida.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Panama City
- Roger RiveraKissimmee$1.6M
- Bethanie Simmons BecilJacksonville$782K
- Hannah PhillipsMaitland$455K
- Scott DurrancePensacola$224K
- Eudaldo AponteHialeah$214K
- Heather WarrenTallahassee$172K
- Angela DavenportAlachua$83K
- Natalie MoodyWinter Haven$75K
- Kelli BridgmanNew Smyrna Beach$66K
- Carolann BrooksCelebration$57K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.