Ramona Whittington, NP
Adult Health · Westlake, LANPI 1609191113
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.3% of the total across 286 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 35 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 286 payments — averaging $17.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Corium, LLC$392
- GSK$351
- AstraZeneca$323
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$280
- Lilly USA, LLC$246
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,80998%
- Education$852%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 88 | $1,131 |
| Corium, LLC | 19 | $392 |
| GSK | 15 | $351 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $323 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 12 | $280 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $246 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $194 |
| Merck | 11 | $174 |
| Abbott | 9 | $165 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $159 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $137 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $136 |
| Amgen | 8 | $134 |
| Novartis | 7 | $127 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $112 |
| Exact Sciences | 5 | $95 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $83 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $82 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Bayer | 3 | $70 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $65 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 2 | $48 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $44 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Adlon Therapeutics L.p. | 2 | $38 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 2 | $32 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Noven Therapeutics, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$4,894 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 203 adult health 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 33 | $39,243 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 12 | $30,005 |
| EliquisApixaban | 32 | $28,665 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 12 | $18,845 |
| GraliseGabapentin | 12 | $12,991 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 17 | $10,309 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 16 | $9,021 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 16 | $8,638 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 12 | $7,129 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 53 | $3,948 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 103 | $1,567 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 70 | $1,402 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 204 | $1,275 |
| Dextroamphetamine-AmphetamineDextroamphetamine/Amphetamine | 30 | $1,215 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 16 | $1,200 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $246 | $69,24845 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $112 | $28,66532 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $159 | $18,84512 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $1,131 | $11,07665 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $22 | $10,30917 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $174 | $9,02116 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $280 | $8,63816 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 80th percentile of 203 adult health providers in Louisiana.
Other adult health in Westlake
- Joan SmithBaton Rouge$121K
- Fiona WinterbottomNew Orleans$51K
- Damika HarmonLake Charles$27K
- Jade CarrereHouma$23K
- Deborah SmithBaton Rouge$18K
- Tanisha SmithBaton Rouge$17K
- Eva Marina StaffordBaton Rouge$15K
- Dustin DenicolaBaton Rouge$14K
- Melissa LamaPonchatoula$13K
- Wendy GillBaton Rouge$13K
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.