Susan Ovella, MD
Internal Medicine · Covington, LANPI 1104836790
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 364 payments — averaging $14.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$580
- Pfizer$578
- Novo Nordisk$541
- Amgen$507
- AstraZeneca$443
- Lilly USA, LLC$362
- plus $2K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,156100%
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) | 45 | $580 |
| Pfizer | 36 | $578 |
| Novo Nordisk | 44 | $541 |
| Amgen | 40 | $507 |
| AstraZeneca | 19 | $443 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 31 | $362 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 25 | $284 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 17 | $267 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 18 | $233 |
| GSK | 13 | $218 |
| Exact Sciences | 7 | $130 |
| Merck | 17 | $125 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 10 | $119 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $98 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 4 | $76 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 4 | $46 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $45 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $35 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Phadia US Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Promius Pharma LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Qiagen, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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
$5,156 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,528 internal medicine 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 | 62 | $81,355 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 68 | $57,034 |
| EliquisApixaban | 33 | $41,651 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 38 | $33,520 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 25 | $30,111 |
| Soliqua 100-33Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide | 12 | $23,301 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 15 | $19,039 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 20 | $16,808 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 30 | $11,639 |
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 140 | $9,162 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 11 | $8,249 |
| Toujeo SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 12 | $4,578 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 15 | $4,512 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 41 | $3,476 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 328 | $2,588 |
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 | $362 | $81,35562 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $45 | $57,03468 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $580 | $42,682178 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $578 | $41,65133 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $541 | $38,36036 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCSoliqua 100-33 | $21 | $23,30112 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $125 | $19,03915 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $267 | $16,80820 claims |
| GSKBreo Ellipta | $218 | $11,63930 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCLevothyroxine Sodium | $18 | $2,521339 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 85th percentile of 1,528 internal medicine providers in Louisiana.
Other internal medicine in Covington
- Tania LeviCovington$471K
- Rachael MurphyCovington$268K
- Bruce SamuelsCovington$200K
- Frank VoelkerCovington$164K
- David TranCovington$32K
- William SmithNew Orleans$50.5M
- Robert JeanfreauMetairie$13.4M
- Katherine PearceBaton Rouge$12M
- Ernest ThompsonBaker$2.1M
- Brian LewisNew Orleans$2M
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.