Akash Anand, MD
Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck · Metairie, LANPI 1720262108
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 7 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Aerin Medical Inc. accounts for 71.6% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $243 and has fallen 91.5% since, to $21 in 2025.
Across 7 payments — averaging $48.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$243
- Sanofi$22
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$21
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$20
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$18
- Medtronic$17
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$339100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 2 | $243 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $22 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
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.
- VIVAER STYLUS$153
- RHINAER STYLUS$153
How this compares
Too few plastic surgery within the head & neck providers in Louisianato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 503 | $3,773 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 57 | $1,777 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 132 | $1,759 |
| Azithromycin | 366 | $1,357 |
| Ibuprofen | 175 | $675 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HcNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 12 | $608 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 23 | $558 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 49 | $494 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 28 | $225 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 21 | $87 |
| Mupirocin | 11 | $69 |
| Prednisone | 21 | $46 |
| Amoxicillin | 12 | $15 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic surgery within the head & neck in Metairie
- Sean WeissMetairie$891
- Kenneth SandersShreveport$225K
- Jon TraxlerBaton Rouge$6K
- Patricia ScallanBaton Rouge$4K
- Victoria PageBaton Rouge$3K
- Thomas HansbroughBaton Rouge$2K
- David RengifoShreveport$2K
- Stanley PetersBaton Rouge$799
- Christian HasneyNew Orleans$697
- Ronald AmedeeNew Orleans$560
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.