Jeffrey Watkins, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · New Orleans, LANPI 1679886071
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,484 of the $2,039 with a category attached, or 72.8%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 54.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,393 and has fallen 89.2% since, to $150 in 2025.
Across 41 payments — averaging $49.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$367
- Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC$169
- AbbVie$168
- Johnson & Johnson$97
- Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC$40
- plus $80 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$55527%
- Food & beverage$1,48473%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $1,118 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 13 | $367 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $169 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $168 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $97 |
| Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $23 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Vertex | 1 | $19 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- SYNCHROMEDII$647
- XEOMIN$155
How this compares
$2,039 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 117 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Louisiana.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 34 | $21,015 |
| Dantrolene Sodium | 36 | $4,783 |
| Gabapentin | 48 | $870 |
| Baclofen | 46 | $700 |
| Levetiracetam | 13 | $589 |
| Isosorbide Dinitrate | 11 | $511 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 25 | $492 |
| Pregabalin | 26 | $364 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $353 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 15 | $286 |
| Clonazepam | 25 | $236 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $208 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $198 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 40 | $192 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $170 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in New Orleans
- Eric FinckeNew Orleans$9K
- Casey MurphyNew Orleans$8K
- Joshua KaufmanNew Orleans$8K
- Brandon HicksNew Orleans$7K
- Ariean Loo-HernandezNew Orleans$4K
- Jonathan FinneyNew Orleans$2K
- Michael ConnorsNew Orleans$1K
- Zachary RichardNew Orleans$880
- Ethan RaultNew Orleans$707
- Lindsay ElliottNew Orleans$646
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.