Marcia Richard
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1962150706
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 27 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 12 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $222, 2.3 times the $96 reported in 2022. Among nurse anesthetist, certified registered 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 27 payments — averaging $24.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc$155
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$155
- Edwards Lifesciences$108
- Merck$48
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$43
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$38
- plus $117 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$664100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc | 4 | $155 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 7 | $155 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $108 |
| Merck | 3 | $48 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $38 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| Vertex | 1 | $15 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$664 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,283 nurse anesthetist, certified registered providers in Louisiana.
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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.
Other nurse anesthetist, certified registered in Baton Rouge
- Brian CiceroBaton Rouge$2K
- Jeremy CreechBaton Rouge$2K
- Theresa GuedryBaton Rouge$2K
- Melissa PayneBaton Rouge$1K
- Rachel HintonBaton Rouge$1K
- Cameron LaneBaton Rouge$911
- Patrick WhisnantBaton Rouge$793
- Ron LimBaton Rouge$762
- Jeffrey LeblancBaton Rouge$755
- Truc NgoBaton Rouge$739
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.