Michael Falba, PA
Medical · New Orleans, LANPI 1275591323
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 47.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,815 and has fallen 88.5% since, to $323 in 2025.
Across 76 payments — averaging $63.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Gilead$364
- CSL Behring$221
- Inari Medical, Inc.$188
- Axonics, Inc.$138
- Procept Biorobotics Corporation$128
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,05843%
- Food & beverage$2,75357%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 13 | $2,300 |
| Gilead | 3 | $364 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $221 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $188 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 7 | $138 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $128 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $126 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $125 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $124 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $117 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $103 |
| Merck | 3 | $75 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $72 |
| Biofire Diagnostics, LLC | 2 | $72 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 2 | $72 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $68 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $67 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $62 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $58 |
| ABC Home Medical Supply, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Urovant Sciences Inc | 2 | $27 |
| Myovant Sciences Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $9 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,001
- DUPIXENT$250
- Epclusa$239
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$188
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$188
- AquaBeam Robotic System$128
- Livdelzi$125
- Haegarda$123
- Xhance$104
- GIVLAARI$103
How this compares
$4,812 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 253 medical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Testosterone Cypionate | 34 | $843 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 101 | $694 |
| Finasteride | 29 | $247 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 11 | $169 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 19 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other medical in New Orleans
- Caroline SchulenbergNew Orleans$6K
- Brandy GloriosoNew Orleans$3K
- Kristi RobertBaton Rouge$486K
- Vickie RiceBaton Rouge$19K
- Mary McFerrenShreveport$16K
- Rachel RhinehartJefferson$16K
- Sydney FussellCovington$16K
- Thomas BriscoeLafayette$13K
- Seth HendrixShreveport$12K
- Jessica PelusoNatchitoches$12K
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.