Andrew Foret, MD
Surgery of the Hand · Lake Charles, LANPI 1124205778
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,799 of the $3,703 with a category attached, or 75.6%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by ALON Medical Technology at 35.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,331 and has fallen 85.2% since, to $196 in 2025.
Across 84 payments — averaging $44.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ALON Medical Technology$1K
- Axogen$477
- Arthrex$398
- Kerecis Limited$243
- Stryker$205
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$171
- plus $895 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$90424%
- Food & beverage$2,79976%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ALON Medical Technology | 12 | $1,315 |
| Axogen | 4 | $477 |
| Arthrex | 10 | $398 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $243 |
| Stryker | 7 | $205 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $171 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $140 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $122 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $113 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $88 |
| Vertex | 4 | $73 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $61 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $18 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 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.
How this compares
Too few surgery of the hand 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 96 | $502 |
| Meloxicam | 41 | $169 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 39 | $92 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery of the hand in Lake Charles
- Kelly BabineauxMetairie$10K
- Benjamin RobichauxGonzales$2K
- William TerralNew Orleans$737
- Charles ClasenMetairie$158
- Charles JohnsonMetairie$144
- Harold StokesMetairie$118
- Eric GeorgeMetairie$67
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.