Alexandra Richards, PA
Physician Assistant · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1689240293
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.6% of the total across 346 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 36.0% of the total. 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 346 payments — averaging $24.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$3K
- AbbVie$3K
- UCB, Inc.$469
- Lilly USA, LLC$371
- Johnson & Johnson$336
- Novartis$198
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,21698%
- Education$1982%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen(2 entities) | 137 | $3,026 |
| AbbVie | 111 | $2,885 |
| UCB, Inc. | 27 | $469 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 13 | $371 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $336 |
| Novartis | 5 | $198 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $183 |
| GSK | 7 | $130 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $111 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 4 | $91 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $84 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $84 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $79 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 2 | $47 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $36 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $32 |
| Organon | 2 | $31 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $19 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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
$8,414 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,246 physician assistant 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 13 | $124,310 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 11 | $76,297 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 149 | $4,979 |
| Novolog Mix 70-30 FlexpenInsulin Aspart Prot/Insuln Asp | 19 | $3,501 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 54 | $2,202 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 72 | $1,078 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 43 | $1,013 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 14 | $937 |
| Leflunomide | 26 | $868 |
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 11 | $836 |
| Celecoxib | 43 | $519 |
| Gabapentin | 54 | $514 |
| Prednisone | 69 | $334 |
| Meloxicam | 65 | $307 |
| Colchicine | 15 | $278 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in Baton Rouge
- Shelly EsnardBaton Rouge$141K
- Savannah SanchezBaton Rouge$19K
- Belinda CowartBaton Rouge$14K
- Timothy KwanBaton Rouge$11K
- Kristin GreenBaton Rouge$11K
- Heather WadeBaton Rouge$9K
- Emily WagnerBaton Rouge$8K
- Amy SmithBaton Rouge$6K
- Donna FosterBaton Rouge$6K
- Victoria GeigerBaton Rouge$6K
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.