Benjamin Oyefara, MD
Allergy & Immunology · Monroe, LANPI 1285660589
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $916 of the $1,102 with a category attached, or 83.1%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by AstraZeneca at 42.8% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for allergy & immunology clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $3,029.
Across 32 payments — averaging $34.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$471
- Sanofi$254
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$99
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$62
- Pfizer$50
- Novartis$32
- plus $133 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$91683%
- Education$18617%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $471 |
| Sanofi | 9 | $254 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $62 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $50 |
| Novartis | 2 | $32 |
| Incyte Corporation | 2 | $25 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $18 |
| GSK | 1 | $17 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
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.
- FASENRA$229
How this compares
$1,102 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 62 allergy & immunology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 34 | $21,183 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 21 | $17,021 |
| DuleraMometasone/Formoterol | 14 | $4,190 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 16 | $3,811 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 90 | $1,884 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 35 | $1,658 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 138 | $1,647 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 32 | $1,355 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 142 | $949 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 29 | $497 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 29 | $423 |
| Methylprednisolone | 30 | $217 |
| Prednisone | 86 | $162 |
| Doxepin Hcl | 12 | $151 |
| Famotidine | 11 | $55 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $471 | $24,99450 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimSpiriva Respimat | $15 | $17,02121 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 25th percentile of 62 allergy & immunology providers in Louisiana.
Other allergy & immunology in Monroe
- Michael ZambieMonroe$3K
- David KaufmanShreveport$678K
- Reena MehtaNew Orleans$159K
- Kenneth ParisNew Orleans$150K
- Brice RolstonCovington$54K
- Caroline CapertonShreveport$52K
- Sonia KambojMarrero$29K
- Erin PrattLafayette$17K
- Adrianne EdmundsonPrairieville$12K
- Cheryl WilliamsNew Orleans$12K
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.