Jonathan Owens, MD
Otolaryngology · New Orleans, LANPI 1639110109
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.1%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intersect ENT, Inc. at 31.2% of the total. 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 65 payments — averaging $114.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intersect ENT, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Cochlear Americas$574
- Verathon Inc.$550
- Sanofi$255
- plus $633 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5507%
- Travel & lodging$3,64249%
- Food & beverage$3,22043%
- Gifts$40%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 14 | $2,314 |
| Medtronic | 16 | $1,594 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $1,496 |
| Cochlear Americas | 8 | $574 |
| Verathon Inc. | 1 | $550 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $255 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 2 | $156 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Stryker | 3 | $128 |
| Advanced Bionics, LLC | 1 | $41 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| GSK | 2 | $31 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $27 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
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.
- PROPEL$2,560
- SINUVA$1,898
- STRAIGHTSHOT$619
- Bronchoscope$550
- Baha$354
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$279
- DUPIXENT$251
- Cochlear Nucleus CI632 cochlear implant with Slim Modiolar electrode$228
- OSIA OSI300 IMPLANT$228
- Xhance$137
- Nucleus$125
- TruDi Nav Cable$109
How this compares
$7,417 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 40 | $934 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide | 14 | $299 |
| Omeprazole | 19 | $156 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 15 | $96 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in New Orleans
- Donald GonzalesNew Orleans$351K
- Edward McCoulNew Orleans$92K
- Rohan WalvekarNew Orleans$21K
- Paul FriedlanderNew Orleans$6K
- Grayson GremillionNew Orleans$4K
- Newland WorleyNew Orleans$4K
- Jacqueline MagneNew Orleans$3K
- Kevin McLaughlinCovington$186K
- Adil FatakiaMarrero$148K
- 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.