Kristy Waltman, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology · Shreveport, LANPI 1649221839
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (44.7%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 60.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,674 and has fallen 94.2% since, to $212 in 2025. Among obstetrics & gynecology clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 150 payments — averaging $45.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Gynesonics, Inc.$377
- Pfizer$339
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$285
- Lupin Inc.$276
- AbbVie$188
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$84912%
- Food & beverage$2,93143%
- Education$3,06145%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $4,101 |
| Gynesonics, Inc. | 3 | $377 |
| Pfizer | 23 | $339 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 15 | $285 |
| Lupin Inc. | 23 | $276 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $188 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 13 | $176 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 3 | $136 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $129 |
| Bayer | 7 | $129 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 5 | $120 |
| Evofem Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $73 |
| Organon | 5 | $73 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $69 |
| Exeltis, USA Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $61 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $46 |
| Therapeuticsmd, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $30 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $24 |
| Stryker | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $16 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $11 |
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
$6,841 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 608 obstetrics & gynecology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Estradiol | 29 | $2,770 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 19 | $890 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate ErTolterodine Tartrate | 11 | $382 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 16 | $207 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other obstetrics & gynecology in Shreveport
- Catherine VanderloosShreveport$55K
- Joanna PooleShreveport$24K
- Ricky PaulShreveport$24K
- Erin GullattShreveport$11K
- James RobertsonShreveport$11K
- John HaynesShreveport$9K
- Veronica GillispieNew Orleans$117K
- Rachel Bezdekla Place$105K
- Earl PeeperNew Orleans$95K
- Thomas PayneBaton Rouge$84K
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.