Richard Celentano, MD
Hand Surgery · Covington, LANPI 1700996840
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. accounts for 67.2% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $822 and has fallen 87.7% since, to $101 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for hand surgery clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $2,516.
Across 24 payments — averaging $75.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$1K
- AbbVie$226
- Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.$104
- Novo Nordisk$100
- Kerecis Limited$44
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$33
- plus $86 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,00656%
- Food & beverage$80344%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 4 | $1,216 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 9 | $226 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $104 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $100 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $44 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 3 | $33 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- myRisk$104
How this compares
$1,809 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 29 hand surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cefadroxil | 21 | $137 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $132 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hand surgery in Covington
- Brent McCartyCovington$7K
- Leslie SiscoNew Orleans$169K
- Mark DodsonAlexandria$28K
- Ryan BlissBaton Rouge$11K
- Diego MirandaBossier City$10K
- Nicholas PappasMetairie$9K
- Cameron BestMonroe$8K
- Brandon DonnellyMetairie$8K
- Sagar ShahLafayette$7K
- Ross DunbarNew Orleans$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.