Kerry Thibodeaux, MD
Surgery · Opelousas, LANPI 1093774192
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $57,029 of the $83,767 with a category attached, or 68.1%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Organogenesis Inc. at 57.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $52,061 and has fallen 99.1% since, to $455 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 242 payments — averaging $346.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organogenesis Inc.$48K
- KCI USA, Inc.$34K
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$1K
- Kerecis Limited$280
- ETS Wound Care LLC$275
- Hartmann USA, Inc.$122
- plus $557 from 8 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $1857.67 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Organogenesis Inc.$13K
- Reapplix Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,20015%
- Speaking & faculty fees$57,02968%
- Travel & lodging$8,97011%
- Food & beverage$5,3736%
- Education$1950%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Organogenesis Inc. | 152 | $47,774 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 47 | $33,683 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 11 | $1,075 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $280 |
| ETS Wound Care LLC | 2 | $275 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 6 | $122 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $99 |
| Smith+Nephew | 6 | $90 |
| Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 5 | $75 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Apligraf$28,265
- Dermagraft$28,265
- Puraply/Affinity/NuTech$28,265
- VAC VERAFLO$15,432
- PREVENA$11,882
- Puraply Antimicrobial$9,040
- DERMATAC$8,376
- PuraPly$7,461
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$7,013
- V.A.C. VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$6,588
- SNAP$1,800
- VAC ULTA$759
- ADAPTIC$759
- ACTIV.A.C.$688
- 3M Cavilon$475
- PROMOGRAN PRISMA$475
- Kerecis SurgiClose$471
- MIRRAGEN ADVANCED WOUND MATRIX$259
- V.A.C. ATS$213
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$184
How this compares
$83,767 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 381 surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 40 | $484 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 37 | $419 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $115 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 | $78 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $54 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Opelousas
- John TaborBaton Rouge$567K
- Carlos GalvaniNew Orleans$352K
- Mark HausmannBaton Rouge$250K
- Joseph BuellNew Orleans$186K
- Daryl MarxBaton Rouge$157K
- Matias NautsLake Charles$112K
- Tracee ShortBaton Rouge$108K
- Kamel BraktaShreveport$95K
- Michael CookNew Orleans$84K
- Douglas SlakeyNew Orleans$81K
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.