Valarie Comeau, PA
Surgical · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1144748666
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $1,788 of the $2,776 with a category attached, or 64.4%. Globus Medical accounts for 73.2% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,241, more than ten times the $129 reported in 2021.
Across 28 payments — averaging $99.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$306
- Medtronic$107
- Johnson & Johnson$86
- Olympus America Inc.$39
- ALON Medical Technology$39
- plus $168 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,78864%
- Food & beverage$98836%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 6 | $2,032 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $306 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $107 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $86 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 2 | $39 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $25 |
| Stryker | 1 | $24 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $16 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Excelsius - GPS$1,783
- FLOSEAL$258
- RELINE$163
How this compares
$2,776 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 130 surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 69 | $834 |
| Methocarbamol | 43 | $357 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 30 | $271 |
| Gabapentin | 31 | $175 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $128 |
| Meloxicam | 13 | $52 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $19 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $17 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Baton Rouge
- Brandie HenryBaton Rouge$6K
- Jonathan FletcherBaton Rouge$5K
- Amanda KwanBaton Rouge$4K
- Alicia VickBaton Rouge$3K
- Justin AllenBaton Rouge$3K
- Kiranbhai PatelBaton Rouge$3K
- Natalie DupuyBaton Rouge$3K
- Camille WilliamsBaton Rouge$2K
- Kristene OlindeBaton Rouge$2K
- Emily CottonBaton Rouge$2K
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.