Jose Santiago, MD
Pulmonary Disease · Opelousas, LANPI 1669554952
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.2% of the total across 788 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 43 manufacturers reported payments, led by GSK at 28.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,286, 2.2 times the $1,502 reported in 2019.
Across 788 payments — averaging $19.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$4K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Sanofi$1K
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$1K
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$1K
- Baxter Healthcare$735
- plus $4K from 37 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$14,86098%
- Education$2762%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 233 | $4,249 |
| AstraZeneca | 112 | $2,010 |
| Sanofi | 51 | $1,348 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 75 | $1,347 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 51 | $1,326 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 39 | $735 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 19 | $488 |
| Amgen | 23 | $427 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 21 | $343 |
| Novartis | 18 | $315 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 20 | $245 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 13 | $243 |
| Bayer | 13 | $201 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 15 | $164 |
| Merck | 9 | $163 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $159 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 9 | $153 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 8 | $122 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $119 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $118 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $96 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $78 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $73 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $69 |
| CSL Behring | 3 | $65 |
| Harmony Biosciences LLC | 3 | $56 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
| Inogen, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $17 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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
$15,136 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 189 pulmonary disease 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 639 | $470,523 |
| OpsumitMacitentan | 21 | $284,785 |
| AdempasRiociguat | 19 | $253,739 |
| XolairOmalizumab | 66 | $235,961 |
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 53 | $199,977 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 211 | $155,570 |
| TracleerBosentan | 11 | $128,140 |
| NucalaMepolizumab | 24 | $98,613 |
| Dupixent PenDupilumab | 17 | $68,093 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 104 | $67,037 |
| Anoro ElliptaUmeclidinium Brm/Vilanterol Tr | 71 | $47,280 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 41 | $31,763 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 40 | $15,925 |
| Bosentan | 12 | $14,936 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 506 | $13,106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Nucala, Anoro Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Incruse Ellipta | $4,249 | $640,571798 claims |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Opsumit, Tracleer, Bosentan | $488 | $427,86144 claims |
| BayerAdempas | $201 | $253,73919 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $2,010 | $158,866225 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimStiolto Respimat, Spiriva Respimat | $343 | $98,800145 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $24 | $6,24012 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 189 pulmonary disease providers in Louisiana.
Other pulmonary disease in Opelousas
- Andrea EspinozaHouma$655K
- Joseph LaskyNew Orleans$447K
- Hollis O NealBaton Rouge$418K
- Ramsy AbdelghaniNew Orleans$308K
- Juzar AliNew Orleans$216K
- Warren BotnickNatchitoches$213K
- Nicole LapinelNew Orleans$140K
- Courtney ShappleyNew Orleans$66K
- Charles GbadouweyMonroe$36K
- Susan GunnNew Orleans$28K
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.