Blaine Broussard, MD
Internal Medicine · Alexandria, LANPI 1023251659
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 389 payments — averaging $14.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Novo Nordisk$804
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$411
- AstraZeneca$409
- Pfizer$358
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$293
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,709100%
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) | 152 | $2,041 |
| Novo Nordisk | 57 | $804 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 22 | $411 |
| AstraZeneca | 25 | $409 |
| Pfizer | 32 | $358 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 17 | $293 |
| Amgen | 15 | $234 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 9 | $184 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $178 |
| Abbott | 6 | $93 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $70 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $63 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $51 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $37 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $29 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bayer | 1 | $16 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| GSK | 1 | $14 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$5,709 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,528 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 157 | $176,842 |
| EliquisApixaban | 143 | $132,100 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 118 | $105,140 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 54 | $75,385 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 58 | $75,135 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 80 | $74,447 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 62 | $56,486 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 43 | $54,171 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 43 | $39,373 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 49 | $38,724 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 27 | $36,898 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 33 | $31,313 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 30 | $24,856 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 20 | $20,610 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 27 | $15,270 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $804 | $213,741184 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity, Mounjaro | $178 | $150,520112 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $358 | $132,100143 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $14 | $111,296130 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy, Combivent Respimat | $29 | $76,60898 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $2,041 | $43,677133 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $409 | $36,98954 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $37 | $31,31333 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $411 | $12,75317 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 85th percentile of 1,528 internal medicine providers in Louisiana.
Other internal medicine in Alexandria
- 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).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.