Joseph Badeaux, MD
Otolaryngology · Alexandria, LANPI 1346244852
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $2,500 of the $3,396 with a category attached, or 73.6%. Spirair, Inc. accounts for 78.1% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,807 and has fallen 92.8% since, to $203 in 2025.
Across 44 payments — averaging $77.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spirair, Inc.$3K
- Sanofi$171
- GSK$129
- Aerin Medical Inc.$127
- Acclarent, Inc$61
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$60
- plus $197 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,50074%
- Food & beverage$89626%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spirair, Inc. | 3 | $2,651 |
| Sanofi | 10 | $171 |
| GSK | 8 | $129 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 8 | $127 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 3 | $61 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $60 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $45 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 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.
- SeptAlign$5,268
How this compares
$3,396 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dupixent SyringeDupilumab | 12 | $51,723 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 41 | $4,580 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 148 | $3,801 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 143 | $3,095 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 47 | $2,176 |
| Cevimeline Hcl | 21 | $2,176 |
| Cefdinir | 72 | $1,533 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 127 | $1,437 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 31 | $1,264 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 241 | $1,264 |
| Pilocarpine Hcl | 17 | $1,061 |
| Gabapentin | 65 | $831 |
| Mupirocin | 105 | $799 |
| Ofloxacin | 40 | $770 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 58 | $730 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieSynthroid | $45 | $2,17647 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 75th percentile of 218 otolaryngology providers in Louisiana.
Other otolaryngology in Alexandria
- Paul GuilloryAlexandria$12K
- Christian WoldAlexandria$3K
- Donald GonzalesNew Orleans$351K
- Kevin McLaughlinCovington$186K
- Adil FatakiaMarrero$148K
- Edward McCoulNew Orleans$92K
- Michael YimShreveport$77K
- Maura CosettiShreveport$64K
- Lizabeth ClarkeNew Iberia$40K
- Henry BarhamBaton Rouge$32K
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.