Ellie Latino, PA
Surgical · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1427336064
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,282 of the $1,855 with a category attached, or 69.1%. Getinge USA Sales, LLC accounts for 63.8% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $931 and has fallen 77.5% since, to $209 in 2025.
Across 38 payments — averaging $48.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$1K
- Tactile Systems Technology Inc$106
- Abiomed$100
- Johnson & Johnson$74
- Atricure, Inc.$61
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$47
- plus $283 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$57331%
- Food & beverage$1,28269%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 18 | $1,183 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $106 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $100 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $74 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $39 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $34 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $33 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $26 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $12 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Vasoview Hemopro 2$573
- Flexitouch Plus$106
- ENTRE$106
How this compares
$1,855 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 130 surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 43 | $337 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $160 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 34 | $157 |
| Methylprednisolone | 24 | $149 |
| Azithromycin | 26 | $111 |
| Famotidine | 12 | $110 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 18 | $77 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 30 | $71 |
| Potassium Chloride | 12 | $32 |
| Furosemide | 13 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Baton Rouge
- Brandie HenryBaton Rouge$6K
- Jonathan FletcherBaton Rouge$5K
- Amanda KwanBaton Rouge$4K
- Alicia VickBaton Rouge$3K
- Valarie ComeauBaton Rouge$3K
- Justin AllenBaton Rouge$3K
- Kiranbhai PatelBaton Rouge$3K
- Natalie DupuyBaton Rouge$3K
- Camille WilliamsBaton Rouge$2K
- Kristene OlindeBaton Rouge$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.