Melannie White, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery · Covington, LANPI 1235417452
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 43 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Organogenesis Inc. at 29.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $594 and has fallen 96.1% since, to $23 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for foot & ankle surgery clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $2,260.
Across 43 payments — averaging $27.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Organogenesis Inc.$354
- Stryker$301
- Smith+Nephew$120
- Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$92
- Vaporox, Inc.$83
- Hartmann USA, Inc.$43
- plus $194 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,188100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Organogenesis Inc. | 13 | $354 |
| Stryker | 4 | $301 |
| Smith+Nephew | 7 | $120 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $92 |
| Vaporox, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Hartmann USA, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $41 |
| Amgen | 1 | $30 |
| Averitas Pharma Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $19 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ACTISHIELD CF$159
- ANCHORAGE$105
How this compares
$1,188 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 92 foot & ankle surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ciclopirox | 43 | $2,929 |
| Celecoxib | 37 | $1,426 |
| Terbinafine Hcl | 75 | $1,087 |
| Ammonium Lactate | 26 | $614 |
| Gabapentin | 64 | $546 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 17 | $468 |
| Methylprednisolone | 48 | $427 |
| Meloxicam | 49 | $146 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 12 | $81 |
| Naproxen | 11 | $72 |
| Pregabalin | 12 | $61 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other foot & ankle surgery in Covington
- Robert LagmanCovington$8K
- Brian BensonLeesville$278K
- Meredith WarnerBaton Rouge$232K
- Tyson GreenLake Charles$203K
- Bryon McKennaThibodaux$131K
- Mohamad IssaNew Orleans$24K
- Leon WatkinsMetairie$18K
- Phuoc BuiMinden$15K
- Henrique HilarioShreveport$14K
- Beau WillisMetairie$13K
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.