Amanda Lea
Internal Medicine · Zachary, LANPI 1609036466
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 462 payments — averaging $14.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$734
- GSK$716
- AbbVie$675
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$508
- Amgen$446
- Boehringer Ingelheim$394
- plus $3K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,806100%
- Education$20%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 53 | $734 |
| GSK | 50 | $716 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 53 | $675 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 33 | $508 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 35 | $446 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 25 | $394 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 24 | $385 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 22 | $325 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 12 | $306 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 19 | $284 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 22 | $269 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $210 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 15 | $210 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 12 | $193 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $174 |
| Eisai Inc. | 8 | $160 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 10 | $156 |
| Merck | 12 | $149 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $70 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 3 | $45 |
| Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 3 | $44 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Bayer | 1 | $24 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $16 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Novartis | 1 | $13 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Clarus Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- INJECTAFER$115
How this compares
$6,809 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,528 internal medicine providers in Louisiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 18 | $5,338 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 11 | $205 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 19 | $125 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 12 | $73 |
| Citalopram HbrCitalopram Hydrobromide | 12 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $210 | $5,33818 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $29 | $12519 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 1,528 internal medicine providers in Louisiana.
Other internal medicine in Zachary
- William SmithNew Orleans$50.5M
- Robert JeanfreauMetairie$13.4M
- Katherine PearceBaton Rouge$12M
- Ernest ThompsonBaker$2.1M
- Brian LewisNew Orleans$2M
- Otis BarnumNatchitoches$1.8M
- Satinder SainiCrowley$1.8M
- Randall MillerEunice$1.2M
- Donna RyanBaton Rouge$991K
- Steven DeitelzweigNew Orleans$939K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.