Jennifer Paruch, MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1770805871
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (41.6%), consulting fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Applied Medical Resources Corporation accounts for 72.6% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $26,107, 5.5 times the $4,742 reported in 2019. Among colon & rectal surgery 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 100 payments — averaging $625.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Applied Medical Resources Corporation$45K
- Intuitive Surgical$13K
- Medtronic$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$687
- Stryker$444
- Axonics, Inc.$280
- plus $1K from 11 others
Across 32 payments — averaging $1062.03 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.
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$34K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,31323%
- Speaking & faculty fees$26,00042%
- Travel & lodging$6,00610%
- Food & beverage$4,1877%
- Education$12,00019%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Medical Resources Corporation | 50 | $45,349 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 12 | $13,117 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $1,190 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $687 |
| Stryker | 1 | $444 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 2 | $280 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $264 |
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 1 | $243 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $203 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $151 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $139 |
| ERBE USA Inc | 1 | $125 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $97 |
| Vertex | 1 | $87 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $55 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 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.
- Gelport Laparoscopic System$31,344
- Da Vinci Surgical System$13,019
- INTERSTIM$761
- PENTAX Medical$485
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$444
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$417
- Axonics$280
- INSPIRA$243
- C2 CryoBalloon Focal Controller$243
- C2 Cryoballoon$243
- Situate$146
- ETHICON$142
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$139
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$139
- ERBE$125
- VISTASEAL$122
- INTERSTIM ICON$114
- Echelon Flex$106
- ORISE$106
How this compares
$62,506 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 39 colon & rectal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 77 | $5,215 |
| Gavilyte-CPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 88 | $1,437 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 17 | $1,293 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 60 | $1,098 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 24 | $474 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other colon & rectal surgery in New Orleans
- Charles WhitlowNew Orleans$22K
- Elyse Bevier-RawlsNew Orleans$18K
- Danielle KayNew Orleans$16K
- William JohnstonNew Orleans$15K
- Valentine NfonsamNew Orleans$15K
- Brian KannNew Orleans$10K
- Guy OrangioNew Orleans$4K
- Herschel VargasNew Orleans$2K
- Lindsey GadeNew Orleans$2K
- Danielle DooleyNew 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.