Leah Rucker
Family · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1447854682
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. UCB, Inc. accounts for 64.9% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,113, more than ten times the $18 reported in 2021. Among family 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 119 payments — averaging $64.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UCB, Inc.$5K
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$1K
- Neurelis, Inc.$289
- SK Life Science, Inc.$177
- PTC Therapeutics, Inc.$127
- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.$124
- plus $839 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,00039%
- Travel & lodging$1,03313%
- Food & beverage$3,70048%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCB, Inc. | 29 | $5,021 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 37 | $1,156 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 5 | $289 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 2 | $177 |
| PTC Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $127 |
| Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $124 |
| Biogen | 5 | $111 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 5 | $93 |
| Immedica Pharma US, Inc. | 4 | $92 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $84 |
| Biocodex, Inc. | 2 | $83 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 3 | $69 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Aucta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $36 |
| Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| ITF Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $27 |
| Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| NS Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$7,733 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,610 family providers in Louisiana.
Other family in Baton Rouge
- Elidia DewittBaton Rouge$108K
- Ghenet GhebretatiosBaton Rouge$91K
- Heather SullivanBaton Rouge$32K
- Randee KidderBaton Rouge$30K
- Dionne BellBaton Rouge$24K
- Jennifer LittleBaton Rouge$21K
- Tracy ParkerBaton Rouge$19K
- Kristen VillarBaton Rouge$18K
- Sharon JacksonBaton Rouge$15K
- Gloria MarchandBaton Rouge$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.