Elizabeth McLemore, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Alexandria, LANPI 1144428400
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 148 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 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $875, 2.8 times the $315 reported in 2019.
Across 148 payments — averaging $19.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$576
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.$391
- Amgen$328
- Bayer$185
- Pfizer$171
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$166
- plus $1K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$110%
- Food & beverage$2,898100%
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 | 33 | $576 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 13 | $391 |
| Amgen | 14 | $328 |
| Bayer | 13 | $185 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $171 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 11 | $166 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 5 | $114 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 5 | $106 |
| Myriad Women's Health, Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Gilead | 1 | $88 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 4 | $67 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $58 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $50 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $49 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Sage Therapeutics, LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Millicent US Inc | 2 | $30 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $27 |
| Lupin Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $14 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $13 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Organon | 1 | $11 |
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
$2,910 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 608 obstetrics & gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 16 | $1,260 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 23 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Alexandria
- Rachael CresapAlexandria$7K
- Veronica GillispieNew Orleans$117K
- Rachel Bezdekla Place$105K
- Earl PeeperNew Orleans$95K
- Thomas PayneBaton Rouge$84K
- Catherine VanderloosShreveport$55K
- George MorrisNew Orleans$34K
- Russell PhelpsLafayette$31K
- Rachelle MeauxLafayette$31K
- Leonard BlantonBossier City$28K
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.