Francois Blaudeau, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Homewood, ALNPI 1578577219
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.0%), education and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Olympus America Inc. at 55.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,657 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $155 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in AL 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 39 payments — averaging $634.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Olympus America Inc.$14K
- Olympus Corporation Of The Americas$10K
- Baxter Healthcare$500
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$92
- Medtronic$67
- Smith+Nephew$61
- plus $70 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,90040%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,44026%
- Food & beverage$3942%
- Education$8,00032%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Olympus America Inc. | 13 | $13,633 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 12 | $10,310 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $500 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $92 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $67 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $61 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $19 |
| Urgo Medical North America, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Contained Tissue Extraction Syst$11,740
- PneumoLiner$6,308
- Olympus$3,820
- ThunderBeat$3,680
- SEPRAFILM$500
How this compares
$24,734 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 537 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 36 | $24,861 |
| Estradiol | 148 | $5,846 |
| YuvafemEstradiol | 38 | $1,632 |
| Fluconazole | 73 | $587 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 12 | $415 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 22 | $362 |
| Clotrimazole-BetamethasoneClotrimazole/Betamethasone Dip | 15 | $243 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Homewood
- Mackenzie MalekHomewood$7K
- Theodore TsaltasBirmingham$853K
- Richard BrownGulf Shores$429K
- Timothy HughesMobile$149K
- Allison CalhounMobile$132K
- Praful PatelDothan$65K
- Angela McCool-PearsonFairhope$57K
- Tomeka RobertsBirmingham$44K
- Percy HudsonBirmingham$29K
- Heidi StraughnBirmingham$29K
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.