Kristin Grimes
Internal Medicine · Baker, LANPI 1558603563
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 198 payments — averaging $19.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$531
- Novo Nordisk$460
- Bayer$339
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$319
- Boehringer Ingelheim$268
- Abbott$223
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,923100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 21 | $531 |
| Novo Nordisk | 30 | $460 |
| Bayer | 13 | $339 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 16 | $319 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $268 |
| Abbott | 11 | $223 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $187 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 12 | $182 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $148 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $148 |
| Amgen | 8 | $135 |
| Gilead | 1 | $123 |
| Merck | 8 | $120 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $120 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 7 | $118 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $99 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 4 | $61 |
| Exact Sciences | 3 | $48 |
| GSK | 3 | $47 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $47 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Neos Therapeutics, LP | 1 | $18 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Novartis | 1 | $15 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,923 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,528 internal medicine providers in Louisiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Memantine Hcl | 12 | $943 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 25 | $403 |
| Omeprazole | 15 | $288 |
| Imipramine Hcl | 14 | $236 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 20 | $213 |
| Sertraline Hcl | 12 | $134 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 21 | $126 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Baker
- Ernest ThompsonBaker$2.1M
- William SmithNew Orleans$50.5M
- Robert JeanfreauMetairie$13.4M
- Katherine PearceBaton Rouge$12M
- Brian LewisNew Orleans$2M
- Otis BarnumNatchitoches$1.8M
- Satinder SainiCrowley$1.8M
- Randall MillerEunice$1.2M
- Donna RyanBaton Rouge$991K
- Steven DeitelzweigNew Orleans$939K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.