Carolyn Hutchinson
Family Medicine · Lake Charles, LANPI 1609852839
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $9,621 of the $11,806 with a category attached, or 81.5%. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. accounts for 82.4% of it on its own, with 26 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2024 is the largest year on record at $9,728, more than ten times the $484 reported in 2019. Among family medicine 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 144 payments — averaging $81.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.$10K
- AbbVie$364
- Pfizer$196
- AstraZeneca$166
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$118
- Johnson & Johnson$115
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,62181%
- Food & beverage$2,12518%
- Gifts$591%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. | 4 | $9,728 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 26 | $364 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $196 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $166 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $118 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $115 |
| Bayer | 5 | $102 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $102 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 7 | $102 |
| Merck | 6 | $99 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $93 |
| Amgen | 5 | $88 |
| Novartis | 6 | $81 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $59 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $52 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $41 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $40 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Eisai Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Biogen | 1 | $19 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Abbott | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$11,806 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,469 family medicine providers in Louisiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Amlodipine Besylate | 13 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Lake Charles
- Joshua WhatleyLake Charles$17K
- Robert VangossenLake Charles$14K
- Ryan ForetLake Charles$13K
- Keith LechtenbergLake Charles$13K
- Christine SmithBaton Rouge$185K
- Thomas DansbyMonroe$169K
- Michael FlemingShreveport$165K
- Robert St AmantGonzales$156K
- William HathawaySpringhill$105K
- Cesar GonzalesWest Monroe$94K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.