Catherine Hudson
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Marrero, LANPI 1912136540
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (56.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 36 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.4%.
Across 164 payments — averaging $58.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$2K
- Organogenesis Inc.$2K
- Medline Industries LP$1K
- Stryker$930
- ALON Medical Technology$523
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,92031%
- Food & beverage$5,37156%
- Education$1,25313%
- Gifts$220%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $1,666 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $1,527 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 44 | $1,508 |
| Medline Industries LP | 6 | $1,063 |
| Stryker | 20 | $930 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 3 | $523 |
| AbbVie | 7 | $209 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $164 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $161 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 3 | $157 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $143 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $116 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 5 | $113 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $92 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $89 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $79 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $78 |
| Biopoly LLC | 1 | $76 |
| Abbott | 3 | $75 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $65 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $53 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $51 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $50 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $37 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $24 |
| Polarityte, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $14 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- VA-LCP PLATES & SCREWS$788
- MOTOBAND$611
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$157
- CellerateRx$127
- KRYSTEXXA$125
- PuraPly$121
- PROSTEP MICA$115
- ANCHORAGE$113
- DALVANCE$109
How this compares
$9,565 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 92 foot & ankle surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JubliaEfinaconazole | 12 | $12,220 |
| Ciclopirox | 82 | $4,144 |
| Ketoconazole | 145 | $3,641 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 69 | $2,028 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $677 |
| Methylprednisolone | 34 | $320 |
| Mupirocin | 43 | $317 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 24 | $301 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 18 | $228 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $99 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Marrero
- Denise ElliottMarrero$11K
- Brian BensonLeesville$278K
- Meredith WarnerBaton Rouge$232K
- Tyson GreenLake Charles$203K
- Bryon McKennaThibodaux$131K
- Mohamad IssaNew Orleans$24K
- Leon WatkinsMetairie$18K
- Phuoc BuiMinden$15K
- Henrique HilarioShreveport$14K
- Beau WillisMetairie$13K
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.