Joshua Best
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Zachary, LANPI 1831300854
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 82 payments — averaging $19.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$312
- Organon$137
- Therapeuticsmd, Inc.$131
- Amgen$103
- Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.$78
- AbbVie$77
- plus $730 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,49495%
- Education$745%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 14 | $312 |
| Organon | 11 | $137 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 7 | $131 |
| Amgen | 6 | $103 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $78 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $77 |
| Aspira Women's Health Inc | 2 | $69 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $58 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $58 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $52 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $50 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Stryker | 1 | $46 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $26 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Millicent US Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bayer | 1 | $14 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,568 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 608 obstetrics & gynecology providers in Louisiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Megestrol Acetate | 41 | $1,115 |
| Estradiol-Norethindrone AcetatEstradiol/Norethindrone Acet | 12 | $921 |
| Estradiol | 62 | $534 |
| Fluconazole | 15 | $217 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 20 | $176 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 13 | $149 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-MacroNitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 12 | $108 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Zachary
- Alison RodriguezNew Orleans$10.5M
- Scott StriplinCovington$6.1M
- Samuel AlexanderMetairie$2.6M
- Blake LandrySlidell$2M
- Clifton Nicholson-UhlMarrero$1.7M
- Brandon PerezMarrero$888K
- Earl PeeperNew Orleans$374K
- Veronica GillispieNew Orleans$237K
- Monty HeinenEunice$214K
- Rachel Bezdekla Place$105K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.