Martina Tamakloe, MD
Internal Medicine · Ruston, LANPI 1396770566
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 13 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 16.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for internal medicine clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $379.
Across 13 payments — averaging $16.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$35
- AbbVie$24
- Novartis$22
- GSK$20
- AstraZeneca$18
- Merck$16
- plus $84 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$219100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $35 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| GSK | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $18 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$219 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 1,528 internal medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 21 | $12,604 |
| Levalbuterol Hcl | 12 | $746 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 13 | $347 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 36 | $276 |
| Cefdinir | 20 | $251 |
| Mirtazapine | 11 | $225 |
| Potassium Chloride | 13 | $145 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 27 | $123 |
| Furosemide | 22 | $109 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 13 | $108 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 16 | $95 |
| Azithromycin | 20 | $81 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $72 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 13 | $71 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 13 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other internal medicine in Ruston
- Donna RyanBaton Rouge$991K
- Steven DeitelzweigNew Orleans$939K
- Bruce SamuelsCovington$200K
- Amanda FontenotMarrero$142K
- John SchwabBaton Rouge$122K
- Daniel EnglertNew Orleans$74K
- Everett BrownGretna$71K
- Rajan KhannaShreveport$54K
- Samuel StaggEunice$54K
- Bryan LebeanLafayette$53K
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.