Elizabeth Melancon
Pediatrics · Lafayette, LANPI 1700875135
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 170 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 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among pediatrics 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 170 payments — averaging $18.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Tris Pharma Inc$594
- Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc.$397
- Corium, LLC$386
- GSK$294
- Pfizer$218
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$188
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,149100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tris Pharma Inc | 31 | $594 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 18 | $397 |
| Corium, LLC | 20 | $386 |
| GSK | 18 | $294 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $218 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 13 | $188 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 9 | $146 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 11 | $139 |
| Merck | 8 | $127 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 6 | $114 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 4 | $71 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $57 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 3 | $57 |
| Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.p. | 3 | $44 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
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
$3,149 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 913 pediatrics providers in Louisiana.
Other pediatrics in Lafayette
- Amy VitteLafayette$10K
- Alicia NicklasLafayette$9K
- Kathryn ReedLafayette$6K
- Douglas GonzalesLafayette$4K
- Brian BaileyLafayette$4K
- Michael RabalaisLafayette$3K
- Virginia CoreilLafayette$3K
- Melissa HebertLafayette$3K
- Corey HebertGretna$1.3M
- Katie QueenBogalusa$61K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.