Edward Collier
Acute Care · Metairie, LANPI 1679983027
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,573 of the $3,009 with a category attached, or 85.5%. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 29.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $979 and has fallen 64.2% since, to $351 in 2025.
Across 141 payments — averaging $21.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$899
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$576
- Pfizer$481
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$151
- Boston Scientific$114
- GRT US Holding, Inc.$98
- plus $690 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$43514%
- Food & beverage$2,57386%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 49 | $899 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $576 |
| Pfizer | 31 | $481 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 12 | $151 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $114 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 2 | $98 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $96 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 5 | $87 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 5 | $72 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 3 | $64 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Valinor Pharma, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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
$3,009 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 248 acute care providers in Louisiana.
Other acute care in Metairie
- Monique YoungMetairie$10K
- Valerie BernardMetairie$6K
- Precious HodgesLafayette$70K
- Brinton FegleyShreveport$61K
- Charles JarreauNew Orleans$40K
- Jeremy DavisShreveport$35K
- Heather MecomShreveport$17K
- Jeremy TerroLafayette$11K
- Mary HireShreveport$11K
- Jacquelyn CosterHouma$10K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.