Andrew McWhorter, MD
Otolaryngology · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1376524918
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $8,750 of the $11,649 with a category attached, or 75.1%. Lumenis, Inc accounts for 75.1% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $5,000 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $392 in 2025. Among otolaryngology 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 30 payments — averaging $388.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lumenis, Inc$9K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$388
- Olympus America Inc.$197
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$195
- Grace Medical, Inc.$186
- plus $619 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,20010%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,75075%
- Food & beverage$1,69915%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lumenis, Inc | 2 | $8,750 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $1,315 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $388 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $197 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $195 |
| Grace Medical, Inc. | 1 | $186 |
| Atos Medical Inc | 2 | $147 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| GSK | 1 | $100 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $61 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Merck | 1 | $32 |
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.
- Lumenis Pulse 120H$4,950
- INTEGRA$330
- Xhance$123
- DUPIXENT$122
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$116
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$115
- Provox Life Home HME$113
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$110
- PRIMATRIX$110
- NUCALA$100
How this compares
$11,649 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 218 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arnuity ElliptaFluticasone Furoate | 14 | $2,868 |
| Clotrimazole | 58 | $1,641 |
| Azithromycin | 47 | $555 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $94 |
| Amoxicillin | 20 | $50 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 15 | $45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKArnuity Ellipta | $100 | $2,86814 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 218 otolaryngology providers in Louisiana.
Other otolaryngology in Baton Rouge
- Henry BarhamBaton Rouge$32K
- James LinBaton Rouge$19K
- Collin SuttonBaton Rouge$10K
- Geoffrey PetersBaton Rouge$7K
- Rula MuallaBaton Rouge$6K
- Stephen HernandezBaton Rouge$6K
- Christian HallBaton Rouge$5K
- Benjamin WaltonBaton Rouge$5K
- Elliot HardyBaton Rouge$3K
- John WoodBaton 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.