Albert Tydings, MD
Gynecology · Covington, LANPI 1952364705
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.9% of the total across 260 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 26.1% of the total. Among gynecology clinicians in LA 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 260 payments — averaging $17.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC$974
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$561
- Aspira Women's Health Inc$188
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$177
- Evofem Biosciences, Inc.$165
- plus $1K from 25 others
Across 245 payments — averaging $4631.43 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Mylan Inc.$295K
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$291K
- AbbVie$223K
- Abbott$132K
- Exeltis, USA Inc.$69K
- GSK$69K
- plus $56K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,50497%
- Education$1423%
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 | 66 | $1,215 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 59 | $974 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 24 | $561 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 3 | $188 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 11 | $177 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 21 | $165 |
| Millicent US Inc | 7 | $125 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 7 | $123 |
| Ascend Therapeutics US, LLC | 6 | $95 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 6 | $93 |
| Merck | 5 | $93 |
| Scynexis, Inc. | 4 | $91 |
| Organon | 5 | $82 |
| Bayer | 5 | $77 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $64 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Mission Pharmacal Company | 4 | $59 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $43 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Lupin Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 1 | $28 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $21 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$4,646 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 37 gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol Valerate | 11 | $1,910 |
| Medroxyprogesterone Acetate | 27 | $879 |
| Estradiol | 56 | $630 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 24 | $294 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 11 | $104 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gynecology in Covington
- Leonard WeatherShreveport$89K
- May ThomasseeLafayette$50K
- William von AlmenNew Orleans$17K
- Alison StewartMetairie$4K
- Stacey ScheibMetairie$4K
- Dwan MabryHammond$3K
- Margie KahnMetairie$3K
- Donna WatersNew Orleans$3K
- Lisa ColonHammond$3K
- Lauren OgdenBaton Rouge$3K
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.