Michelle Nelson
Family · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1821370032
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 103 payments — averaging $59.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$879
- Kerecis Limited$879
- Johnson & Johnson$341
- Convatec Inc.$313
- BD$311
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,132100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 20 | $1,167 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 15 | $879 |
| Kerecis Limited | 14 | $879 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $341 |
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $313 |
| BD | 4 | $311 |
| Davol Inc. | 6 | $301 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 3 | $179 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Stryker | 2 | $136 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $123 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $122 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Abbott | 1 | $115 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 6 | $100 |
| Vertex | 1 | $79 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $57 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $51 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $44 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $44 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 2 | $40 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Apria Healthcare LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$1,303
- Kerecis SurgiClose$814
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$670
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$437
- Phasix Mesh$264
- Signia$244
- Kerecis GraftGuide$203
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$171
- DEXCOM G7 GSS (161)$150
- DEXCOM STELO GLUCOSE BIOSENSOR$150
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$135
- V.A.C. DERMATAC$133
- PREVENA$133
- V.A.C. VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$133
- Venclose Maven Catheter$129
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$128
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$128
- ESTEEM$125
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$125
- AIRSEAL$123
How this compares
$6,132 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 3,610 family providers in Louisiana.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 18 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family in Baton Rouge
- Elidia DewittBaton Rouge$108K
- Ghenet GhebretatiosBaton Rouge$91K
- Heather SullivanBaton Rouge$32K
- Randee KidderBaton Rouge$30K
- Dionne BellBaton Rouge$25K
- Jennifer LittleBaton Rouge$21K
- Tracy ParkerBaton Rouge$19K
- Celeste WaguespackBaton Rouge$18K
- Kristen VillarBaton Rouge$18K
- Sharon JacksonBaton Rouge$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.