Paulette McClain, APRN
Primary Care · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1477093391
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 44 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Lilly USA, LLC at 28.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $670, more than ten times the $57 reported in 2021.
Across 44 payments — averaging $39.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lilly USA, LLC$493
- AbbVie$239
- ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.)$174
- Dexcom, Inc.$150
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$124
- Neurelis, Inc.$121
- plus $433 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,735100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $493 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $239 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 3 | $174 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $116 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $35 |
| Agile Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Organon | 1 | $18 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- MOUNJARO$217
- DEXCOM G7 GSS (161)$150
- DEXCOM STELO GLUCOSE BIOSENSOR$150
- VOQUEZNA$124
- CAPLYTA$123
- VRAYLAR$123
- VALTOCO$121
- DUPIXENT$113
How this compares
$1,735 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 106 primary care 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 36 | $35,081 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 31 | $18,121 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 13 | $6,301 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 31 | $417 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 17 | $355 |
| Potassium Chloride | 37 | $295 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 11 | $214 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 80 | $202 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 26 | $171 |
| Gabapentin | 31 | $170 |
| Lisinopril | 40 | $149 |
| Metformin Hcl | 54 | $148 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 35 | $135 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 31 | $122 |
| Losartan Potassium | 19 | $117 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $35 | $35,08136 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 70th percentile of 106 primary care providers in Louisiana.
Other primary care in Baton Rouge
- Emily FusilierBaton Rouge$5K
- Rebecca AdcockBaton Rouge$2K
- Joi ShyBaton Rouge$515
- Wendy TaylorShreveport$15K
- Jodi BurasCovington$14K
- Mia Schexnayder-DavisNew Orleans$10K
- Lourdes TorresMonroe$8K
- Danielle WebsterPrairieville$8K
- Alle NorrisCovington$6K
- Ariel GrahamRayville$6K
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.