RxDoctor Payments Data

Omer Kaymakcalan

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · New Orleans, LANPI 1871856252

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,467 of the $9,747 with a category attached, or 66.3%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Axogen at 33.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,038 and has fallen 74.9% since, to $1,014 in 2025. Among plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$9,747in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 84 payments — averaging $116.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Axogen$3K
  • Arthrex$1K
  • Integra Lifesciences Corporation$994
  • Skeletal Dynamics Inc$567
  • Sientra, Inc.$451
  • Kerecis Limited$368
  • plus $3K from 14 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$3,28034%
  • Food & beverage$6,46766%

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

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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.

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.

How this compares

$9,747 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 45 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Louisiana.

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