James Smith, MD
Hospitalist · Shreveport, LANPI 1023007812
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 85 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 38.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $548 and has fallen 61.8% since, to $209 in 2025. Among hospitalist clinicians in LA 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 85 payments — averaging $24.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$783
- Pfizer$385
- Abiomed$273
- AbbVie$152
- Merck$97
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$75
- plus $291 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,04099%
- Education$161%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 32 | $783 |
| Pfizer | 21 | $385 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $273 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $152 |
| Merck | 7 | $97 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $75 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $61 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $40 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $20 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Novartis | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $15 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
How this compares
$2,056 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 301 hospitalist 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.
Other hospitalist in Shreveport
- Pouya MafiShreveport$3K
- Yanet Perez GarciaShreveport$2K
- Laxman ByreddiShreveport$1K
- David MickeyBaton Rouge$6K
- Nikhil SharmaNew Orleans$5K
- Haroon MujahidBaton Rouge$4K
- Michael ConnerNew Orleans$3K
- Bipasha NathNew Orleans$2K
- Benjamin MoreheadMonroe$2K
- Philip PutnamNew Orleans$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.