James Redmann, MD
Surgery · Covington, LANPI 1235119439
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (30.6%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Asensus Surgical, Inc. accounts for 64.8% of it on its own, with 31 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,389 and has fallen 85.1% since, to $1,400 in 2025. Among surgery 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 172 payments — averaging $119.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Asensus Surgical, Inc.$13K
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Enterra Medical, Inc.$998
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$755
- Novo Nordisk$335
- Baxter Healthcare$328
- plus $2K from 26 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $21,500 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Lexington Medical, Inc.$22K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,29026%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,65018%
- Travel & lodging$6,31331%
- Food & beverage$5,35026%
- Gifts$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Asensus Surgical, Inc. | 39 | $13,366 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 13 | $2,803 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 3 | $998 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 41 | $755 |
| Novo Nordisk | 15 | $335 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $328 |
| BD | 1 | $290 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $283 |
| Kvk-tech, Inc. | 6 | $165 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 4 | $165 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $159 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $157 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $110 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 5 | $101 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 5 | $71 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 4 | $67 |
| Stryker | 1 | $52 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Vertex | 2 | $37 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $36 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $13 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $12 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Senhance$18,855
- Senhance Manipulator Arm$5,719
- Senhance Cockpit$5,719
- Senhance Node$5,719
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,426
- Senhance Surgical Robotics System$665
- TISSEEL$224
- Signia$193
- GATTEX$150
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$124
- FibroScan$116
How this compares
$20,617 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 381 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $53 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 11 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Covington
- Ralph CorsettiCovington$29K
- Jacob DaigleCovington$14K
- Matthew FrenchCovington$12K
- John TaborBaton Rouge$567K
- Carlos GalvaniNew Orleans$352K
- Mark HausmannBaton Rouge$250K
- Joseph BuellNew Orleans$186K
- Daryl MarxBaton Rouge$157K
- Matias NautsLake Charles$112K
- Tracee ShortBaton Rouge$108K
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.