James White, MD
Otolaryngology · Lafayette, LANPI 1093001315
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Wound Management Technologies, Inc at 50.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,935 and has fallen 92.7% since, to $435 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 151 payments — averaging $70.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Wound Management Technologies, Inc$5K
- Aerin Medical Inc.$2K
- Optinose US, Inc.$730
- Medtronic$602
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$292
- GSK$214
- plus $904 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5005%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,50042%
- Travel & lodging$2,11220%
- Food & beverage$3,50533%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 10 | $5,387 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 10 | $2,488 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 66 | $730 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $602 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 16 | $292 |
| GSK | 9 | $214 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $200 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 3 | $151 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 2 | $114 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 5 | $72 |
| Stryker | 3 | $63 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $58 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $46 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $31 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $29 |
| Merck | 1 | $23 |
| Cochlear Americas | 1 | $18 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $18 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Novartis | 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.
How this compares
$10,617 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 75 | $2,092 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 60 | $1,124 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 73 | $846 |
| Cefdinir | 45 | $784 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 14 | $712 |
| Famotidine | 73 | $534 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 73 | $516 |
| Methylprednisolone | 71 | $367 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 52 | $362 |
| Omeprazole | 27 | $358 |
| Mupirocin | 44 | $330 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 52 | $247 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 30 | $206 |
| Levofloxacin | 14 | $194 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 12 | $102 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Lafayette
- Jesse DuplechainLafayette$29K
- David ForemanLafayette$5K
- Jason DurelLafayette$4K
- Ryan ChastantLafayette$4K
- Maria DoucetLafayette$3K
- Donald GonzalesNew Orleans$351K
- Kevin McLaughlinCovington$186K
- Adil FatakiaMarrero$148K
- Edward McCoulNew Orleans$92K
- Michael YimShreveport$77K
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.