May Thomassee, MD
Gynecology · Lafayette, LANPI 1235333725
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.6%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 56.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $12,542 and has fallen 61.6% since, to $4,813 in 2025. Among gynecology 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 137 payments — averaging $367.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$28K
- Intuitive Surgical$19K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Bayer$1K
- AbbVie$272
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$152
- plus $420 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,01556%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5001%
- Travel & lodging$6,40713%
- Food & beverage$3,7407%
- Education$11,67823%
- Gifts$320%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 27 | $28,472 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 53 | $18,631 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 24 | $1,251 |
| Bayer | 2 | $1,173 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $272 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $152 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $102 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 5 | $96 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $46 |
| Millicent US Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $27 |
| Caldera Medical, Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $19 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $13 |
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.
- CONTOUR$12,324
- HARMONIC Product Family$10,991
- STRATAFIX$10,991
- Da Vinci Surgical System$10,106
- ENSEAL Product Family$9,796
- DAVINCI XI$7,500
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$1,195
- Kyleena$1,155
- Mirena$1,155
- Harmonic$1,132
- SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix$316
- Orilissa$113
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$102
How this compares
$50,372 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 37 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PremarinEstrogens, Conjugated | 11 | $8,321 |
| Estradiol | 126 | $8,122 |
| YuvafemEstradiol | 12 | $1,574 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly)Estradiol | 15 | $1,464 |
| ProgesteroneProgesterone, Micronized | 12 | $636 |
| Estradiol (Once Weekly)Estradiol | 12 | $557 |
| Terconazole | 17 | $547 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 15 | $357 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 11 | $100 |
| Fluconazole | 17 | $67 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | $30 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerPremarin | $46 | $8,32111 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 37 gynecology providers in Louisiana.
Other gynecology in Lafayette
- Darryl EliasLafayette$385
- Virginia Singleton-AlfredLafayette$25
- Leonard WeatherShreveport$89K
- William von AlmenNew Orleans$17K
- Albert TydingsCovington$5K
- Alison StewartMetairie$4K
- Stacey ScheibMetairie$4K
- Dwan MabryHammond$3K
- Margie KahnMetairie$3K
- Donna WatersNew Orleans$3K
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.