Laura Oehler, APRN
Family · Houston, TXNPI 1508347766
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 176 payments — averaging $41.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$771
- Johnson & Johnson$673
- Lilly USA, LLC$538
- AstraZeneca$480
- Novo Nordisk$393
- GSK$369
- plus $4K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,323100%
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 | $771 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $673 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 12 | $538 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $480 |
| Novo Nordisk | 16 | $393 |
| GSK | 11 | $369 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $361 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 14 | $327 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $322 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 4 | $274 |
| Exact Sciences | 14 | $252 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 6 | $240 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $161 |
| Amgen | 3 | $155 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $143 |
| Intuity Medical Inc | 1 | $142 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $141 |
| Althera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $133 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $133 |
| Bayer | 8 | $130 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $125 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $79 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $70 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $38 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $38 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Novartis | 1 | $21 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $15 |
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
$7,323 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 109 | $110,485 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 55 | $58,555 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 66 | $56,742 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 30 | $32,974 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 28 | $28,695 |
| EliquisApixaban | 18 | $24,018 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 26 | $22,158 |
| ProliaDenosumab | 12 | $20,762 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 27 | $20,043 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 17 | $6,596 |
| Advair HfaFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 16 | $5,999 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 53 | $4,705 |
| Estradiol | 51 | $3,176 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 340 | $2,651 |
| Ezetimibe | 72 | $2,623 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $393 | $110,485109 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $538 | $58,55555 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $369 | $56,74266 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $161 | $32,97430 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $480 | $28,69528 claims |
| PfizerEliquis, Paxlovid | $79 | $25,44731 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $141 | $22,15826 claims |
| AmgenProlia | $155 | $20,76212 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $771 | $4,70553 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $16 | $2,527280 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 15,456 family providers in Texas.
Other family in Houston
- Lashonda CraneHouston$3.4M
- Luba YammineHouston$479K
- Robin BeachHouston$428K
- Linda MercadoHouston$211K
- Sarah AguilarHouston$199K
- Margaret WhiteHouston$85K
- Cheryl HaseebHouston$42K
- David WeirDallas$959K
- Nirupama JeromeAustin$418K
- April LopezMcAllen$417K
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.