Christie McDearmont
Gerontology · Minden, LANPI 1881327674
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 9 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 9 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 13.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $453 and has fallen 73.7% since, to $119 in 2025.
Across 9 payments — averaging $111.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$138
- Itamar Medical Inc$125
- Genentech USA, Inc.$125
- AbbVie$125
- GSK$125
- Neurelis, Inc.$125
- plus $242 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,004100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 1 | $138 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $125 |
| GSK | 1 | $125 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $119 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $57 |
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.
- FREESTYLE LIBRE 3$138
- Xofluza$125
- QULIPTA$125
- UBRELVY$125
- SHINGRIX$125
- WatchPATONE$125
- VALTOCO$125
- Kimyrsa$119
How this compares
$1,004 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 64 gerontology 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 gerontology in Minden
- Victoria ChapmanMinden$4K
- Jodie HarrisonSlidell$12K
- Whitney StevensSlidell$10K
- Rebekah HendryBossier City$6K
- Jessica GaubertBaton Rouge$6K
- Kathy BernsteinNew Orleans$6K
- Katrina GipsonMonroe$6K
- Jennifer HarveySlidell$5K
- Maureen PoeSulphur$5K
- Cynthia TurnerMonroe$5K
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.