Brent Hemelt, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Houma, LANPI 1811930274
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $8,396 of the $9,287 with a category attached, or 90.4%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 46.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,172 and has fallen 50.9% since, to $1,558 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 48 payments — averaging $193.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$4K
- Organon$4K
- AbbVie$273
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$104
- Bayer$65
- Minerva Surgical, Inc$44
- plus $100 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,39690%
- Travel & lodging$1782%
- Food & beverage$7138%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 11 | $4,360 |
| Organon | 7 | $4,340 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $273 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $104 |
| Bayer | 4 | $65 |
| Minerva Surgical, Inc | 3 | $44 |
| Amgen | 2 | $39 |
| Millicent US Inc | 2 | $29 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- NEXPLANON$8,396
How this compares
$9,287 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 608 obstetrics & gynecology 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 obstetrics & gynecology in Houma
- Veronica GillispieNew Orleans$117K
- Rachel Bezdekla Place$105K
- Earl PeeperNew Orleans$95K
- Thomas PayneBaton Rouge$84K
- Catherine VanderloosShreveport$55K
- George MorrisNew Orleans$34K
- Russell PhelpsLafayette$31K
- Rachelle MeauxLafayette$31K
- Leonard BlantonBossier City$28K
- Janifer TropezNew Orleans$27K
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.