James Bicknell, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Shreveport, LANPI 1457389314
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 63 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 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $442 and has fallen 71.4% since, to $126 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $3,274.
Across 63 payments — averaging $26.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$357
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$239
- Pacira Therapeutics, Inc.$200
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$94
- Medtronic$77
- Amgen$63
- plus $640 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,670100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $357 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $239 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 15 | $200 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 5 | $94 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $77 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 5 | $63 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $62 |
| Vertex | 4 | $61 |
| Orthalign Inc | 1 | $55 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $49 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $46 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $44 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 3 | $31 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $27 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $13 |
| AstraZeneca | 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.
- Zynrelef$357
- ECHELON ENDOPATH Stapler$124
How this compares
$1,670 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 286 orthopaedic surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 300 | $4,995 |
| Meloxicam | 167 | $398 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 64 | $392 |
| Methocarbamol | 56 | $302 |
| Nabumetone | 23 | $287 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 17 | $178 |
| Levofloxacin | 24 | $175 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 40 | $94 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 24 | $88 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $73 |
| Tramadol Hcl-AcetaminophenTramadol Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $71 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $55 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $47 |
| Naproxen | 13 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Shreveport
- Pierce NunleyShreveport$1.8M
- Steven AtchisonShreveport$170K
- Timothy TalbertShreveport$68K
- Mark CallananShreveport$39K
- Michael NammourShreveport$38K
- Eubulus KerrShreveport$33K
- Massimo MorandiShreveport$28K
- John GoogeShreveport$20K
- Christopher CaldwellShreveport$17K
- Christopher HarrodBaton Rouge$3M
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.