Chloe Villavaso, APRN
Adult Health · Metairie, LANPI 1912549387
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,392 of the $6,902 with a category attached, or 78.1%. It is spread thinly across 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,987 and has fallen 54.4% since, to $907 in 2025. Among adult health clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 123 payments — averaging $56.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1K
- Amgen$855
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$682
- Johnson & Johnson$570
- Novo Nordisk$422
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$406
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,37520%
- Food & beverage$5,39278%
- Education$1352%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 6 | $1,498 |
| Amgen | 18 | $855 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 15 | $682 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 20 | $570 |
| Novo Nordisk | 7 | $422 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $406 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $404 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $300 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $270 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $269 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $225 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $193 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $123 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $104 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $100 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $76 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $67 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Vertex | 1 | $55 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $46 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$6,902 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 203 adult health 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 34 | $36,643 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 30 | $30,772 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 34 | $30,322 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 33 | $22,994 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 37 | $21,501 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 15 | $11,432 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 15 | $11,305 |
| Ezetimibe | 119 | $2,251 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 75 | $894 |
| Indapamide | 56 | $732 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 103 | $674 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 141 | $564 |
| Valsartan | 27 | $529 |
| Carvedilol | 59 | $491 |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | 52 | $488 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $67 | $36,64334 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $1,498 | $30,77230 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $269 | $30,32234 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $570 | $22,99433 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $404 | $21,50137 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 90th percentile of 203 adult health providers in Louisiana.
Other adult health in Metairie
- Nicole JonesMetairie$5K
- Joan SmithBaton Rouge$121K
- Fiona WinterbottomNew Orleans$51K
- Damika HarmonLake Charles$27K
- Jade CarrereHouma$23K
- Deborah SmithBaton Rouge$18K
- Tanisha SmithBaton Rouge$17K
- Eva Marina StaffordBaton Rouge$15K
- Dustin DenicolaBaton Rouge$14K
- Melissa LamaPonchatoula$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.