Elizabeth Hayes, MD
Surgery · Hammond, LANPI 1407347693
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 19 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated at 24.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $446, more than ten times the $18 reported in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for surgery clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $1,529.
Across 19 payments — averaging $50.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$234
- TELA Bio, Inc.$126
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$123
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$112
- Hologic Inc$97
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$91
- plus $177 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$960100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 4 | $234 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 3 | $126 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $123 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Hologic Inc | 2 | $97 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $91 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $61 |
| Veracyte, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $22 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $22 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Vertex | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 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.
- Savi SCOUT$123
How this compares
$960 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 381 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 24 | $71 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Hammond
- John TaborBaton Rouge$567K
- Carlos GalvaniNew Orleans$352K
- Mark HausmannBaton Rouge$250K
- Joseph BuellNew Orleans$186K
- Daryl MarxBaton Rouge$157K
- Matias NautsLake Charles$112K
- Tracee ShortBaton Rouge$108K
- Kamel BraktaShreveport$95K
- Kerry ThibodeauxOpelousas$84K
- Michael CookNew Orleans$84K
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.