Dean Edell, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1568458073
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.5%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. at 45.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,503 and has fallen 90.7% since, to $232 in 2025. Among pediatric pulmonology 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 87 payments — averaging $58.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$2K
- Cepheid$563
- Advanced Respiratory, Inc$537
- AstraZeneca$376
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$262
- Electromed, Inc.$246
- plus $808 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,10041%
- Speaking & faculty fees$56311%
- Food & beverage$2,41448%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 10 | $2,285 |
| Cepheid | 1 | $563 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 15 | $537 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $376 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 7 | $262 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 11 | $246 |
| GSK | 6 | $225 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $126 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $115 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 6 | $99 |
| Sanofi | 4 | $90 |
| Gilead | 2 | $35 |
| Sobi, Inc | 2 | $32 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $26 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $19 |
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
$5,078 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 21 pediatric pulmonology 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 pediatric pulmonology in Baton Rouge
- Jessica BrownBaton Rouge$5K
- Andres Carrion-VargasBaton Rouge$4K
- Sterling SimpsonBaton Rouge$492
- Thomas HorsmanBaton Rouge$453
- David ThomasBaton Rouge$110
- Adrienne SavantNew Orleans$4K
- Giovanni PiedimonteNew Orleans$3K
- David SwetlandNew Orleans$2K
- Kimberly JonesShreveport$2K
- Eduardo HernandezSlidell$2K
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.