Brett Sorensen
Podiatrist · Covington, LANPI 1639588361
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,625 of the $2,364 with a category attached, or 68.7%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by ALON Medical Technology at 31.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $790 and has fallen 64.5% since, to $280 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for podiatrist clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $2,398.
Across 57 payments — averaging $41.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ALON Medical Technology$739
- Organogenesis Inc.$673
- Stryker$662
- Nevro Corp.$118
- Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.$97
- Biocomposites Inc$37
- plus $37 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,62569%
- Education$73931%
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 | 1 | $739 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 18 | $673 |
| Stryker | 31 | $662 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $118 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 3 | $97 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $37 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
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.
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$135
- Senza$118
- PuraPly$108
How this compares
$2,364 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 68 podiatrist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 158 | $2,128 |
| Pregabalin | 74 | $1,390 |
| Ketoconazole | 50 | $924 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 89 | $596 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 77 | $519 |
| CiclopiroxCiclopirox Olamine | 12 | $359 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 27 | $223 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 11 | $220 |
| Methylprednisolone | 21 | $186 |
| Cefdinir | 12 | $178 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 38 | $169 |
| Mupirocin | 11 | $99 |
| Meloxicam | 25 | $63 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 12 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Covington
- Rahim KhanCovington$8K
- Daniel McGovernCovington$5K
- Maxime SavardKenner$74K
- David TranMonroe$24K
- Tyler TewilliagerHouma$16K
- Rustin AjdariSlidell$15K
- Oghale EleyaeNatchitoches$12K
- Rory PanepintoMetairie$12K
- John CarradineMetairie$11K
- John DestefanoFort Polk$10K
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.