Justin Lyman
Rheumatology · Lake Charles, LANPI 1376540393
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 85 payments — averaging $20.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$398
- Pfizer$239
- AstraZeneca$148
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$135
- Bayer$117
- Amgen$110
- plus $602 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,73699%
- Education$131%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 20 | $398 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $239 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $148 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $135 |
| Bayer | 6 | $117 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 6 | $110 |
| GSK | 6 | $107 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 4 | $99 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $56 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $49 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $43 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $35 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $33 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $21 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Shionogi Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,749 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 88 rheumatology providers in Louisiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 16 | $234 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $187 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other rheumatology in Lake Charles
- Enrique MendezLake Charles$1.9M
- Gurjot BasraLake Charles$166K
- Stephen LindseyBaton Rouge$3.6M
- Aaron BroadwellShreveport$1.7M
- Saravanan ThiagarajanBaton Rouge$1.2M
- Jyothi MallepalliMonroe$998K
- Lesley SaketkooNew Orleans$294K
- William DavisNew Orleans$288K
- Ladislas LazaroLafayette$265K
- Jerry PoundsMetairie$252K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.