Shondra Smith, MD
Dermatology · Lake Charles, LANPI 1134117898
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,052 of the $1,207 with a category attached, or 87.2%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 33.6% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for dermatology clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $5,293.
Across 59 payments — averaging $20.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$406
- Novartis$156
- Johnson & Johnson$155
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$125
- Merz North America, Inc.$93
- Sanofi$52
- plus $220 from 8 others
Across 63 payments — averaging $5184.32 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$139K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$88K
- Eli Lilly$26K
- Pfizer$23K
- Novartis$20K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$17K
- plus $13K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,05287%
- Education$15513%
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 | 31 | $406 |
| Novartis | 8 | $156 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $155 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $52 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $38 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 2 | $29 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
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.
- VOQUEZNA$125
How this compares
$1,207 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 189 dermatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ketoconazole | 59 | $1,832 |
| Fluorouracil | 32 | $1,706 |
| Metronidazole | 18 | $966 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate | 18 | $544 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 43 | $362 |
| Clobetasol Propionate | 12 | $314 |
| Mupirocin | 11 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other dermatology in Lake Charles
- Katherine HolcombMetairie$411K
- William ClaiborneNew Orleans$374K
- Blair BuddenLafayette$329K
- Erin BohNew Orleans$277K
- Mara HaseltineNew Orleans$276K
- Sarah HaydelHouma$265K
- Frankie RholdonLafayette$227K
- William MassengalePrairieville$225K
- Julie MermilliodNew Orleans$222K
- Robert KoppelMetairie$212K
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.