Ndeke Nyirenda, MD
Hospitalist · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1326319088
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 20 payments — averaging $17.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$78
- Novo Nordisk$48
- GSK$47
- Dexcom, Inc.$23
- Bayer$20
- AbbVie$18
- plus $109 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$343100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 4 | $78 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $48 |
| GSK | 3 | $47 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$343 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 301 hospitalist 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 | 17 | $9,974 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 16 | $557 |
| Gabapentin | 37 | $305 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 22 | $254 |
| Metformin Hcl | 38 | $245 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 40 | $237 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 28 | $191 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 24 | $174 |
| Glipizide ErGlipizide | 15 | $147 |
| Furosemide | 32 | $146 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl ErVenlafaxine Hcl | 16 | $136 |
| Escitalopram Oxalate | 14 | $134 |
| Buspirone Hcl | 13 | $120 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $115 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 22 | $114 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospitalist in Baton Rouge
- David MickeyBaton Rouge$6K
- Haroon MujahidBaton Rouge$4K
- Robert CauseyBaton Rouge$2K
- Brandi FontenotBaton Rouge$2K
- Brian GouriBaton Rouge$2K
- Melanie McKnightBaton Rouge$2K
- Kevin DeanBaton Rouge$2K
- Brandon HoweBaton Rouge$2K
- Amy GiarrussoBaton Rouge$2K
- Joe Marie DizonBaton Rouge$2K
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.