Amy Rivere, MD
Surgical Oncology · New Orleans, LANPI 1801115803
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 81 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 50.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,611 and has fallen 71.0% since, to $467 in 2025.
Across 81 payments — averaging $44.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$435
- KUB Technologies Inc.$402
- Sientra, Inc.$340
- Vector Surgical, LLC$300
- Olympus America Inc.$98
- plus $238 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,641100%
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(2 entities) | 50 | $1,829 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 11 | $435 |
| KUB Technologies Inc. | 4 | $402 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 2 | $340 |
| Vector Surgical, LLC | 1 | $300 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Axogen | 2 | $60 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $50 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 3 | $40 |
| Focal Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Endomagnetics Ltd | 1 | $18 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
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
$3,641 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 26 surgical oncology 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.
Other surgical oncology in New Orleans
- Nathan BoltonNew Orleans$6K
- Shawn McKinneyNew Orleans$4K
- David PointerNew Orleans$4K
- Omeed MoavenNew Orleans$3K
- Nicole WalkerNew Orleans$3K
- Mohamed ShamaNew Orleans$2K
- Saad Al AwwadNew Orleans$2K
- Russell BrownNew Orleans$2K
- Jane WeyNew Orleans$1K
- George FuhrmanNew Orleans$675
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.