Glen Watkins, MD
Otolaryngology · Bossier City, LANPI 1124023874
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $4,824 of the $7,368 with a category attached, or 65.5%. Olympus America Inc. accounts for 65.6% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,960 and has fallen 97.4% since, to $130 in 2025. Among otolaryngology clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 44 payments — averaging $167.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Olympus America Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$1K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$715
- Stryker$137
- GSK$135
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$62
- plus $262 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,41719%
- Food & beverage$1,12715%
- Other$4,82465%
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. | 2 | $4,836 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $1,220 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 9 | $715 |
| Stryker | 3 | $137 |
| GSK | 6 | $135 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $62 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $58 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $46 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $34 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Vericel Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, 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.
- Olympus$4,824
- StealthStation$903
- Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System$364
- NUVENT$111
How this compares
$7,368 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 218 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 12 | $1,503 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 22 | $655 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 30 | $363 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 17 | $255 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 15 | $158 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 21 | $129 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $98 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Bossier City
- Kevin MooreBossier City$4K
- John LavoBossier City$4K
- Donald GonzalesNew Orleans$351K
- Kevin McLaughlinCovington$186K
- Adil FatakiaMarrero$148K
- Edward McCoulNew Orleans$92K
- Michael YimShreveport$77K
- Maura CosettiShreveport$64K
- Lizabeth ClarkeNew Iberia$40K
- Henry BarhamBaton Rouge$32K
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.