Victor Lucas
Pediatric Cardiology · Mandeville, LANPI 1053362962
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 48.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $15,209 and has fallen 72.5% since, to $4,177 in 2025. Among pediatric cardiology clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 184 payments — averaging $190.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$17K
- Medtronic$7K
- Edwards Lifesciences$7K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Philips North America LLC$541
- Abiomed$504
- plus $193 from 3 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $128.00 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$128
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,75042%
- Travel & lodging$11,37332%
- Food & beverage$9,00026%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 50 | $16,910 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 72 | $7,452 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 25 | $7,122 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 23 | $2,401 |
| Philips North America LLC | 6 | $541 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $504 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Livanova USA, 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.
- AMPLATZER AMULET$10,149
- AMPLATZER$5,374
- HARMONY$3,930
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,958
- Melody$1,068
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$1,006
- CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$938
- Impella$483
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO$470
- THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM$333
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$161
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$161
- (6571) Eagle Eye$148
- PASCAL$139
- IN.PACT Admiral$134
- Resolute$131
- MitraClip$126
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$121
- Turbo Elite$120
- (4067) Tack Endo Sys BTK$105
How this compares
$35,123 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 38 pediatric cardiology providers in Louisiana.
Other pediatric cardiology in Mandeville
- Michael WhiteMandeville$145
- Ivory CrittendonNew Orleans$35K
- Ryan JonesShreveport$9K
- Michael WeilandNew Orleans$5K
- Alexandru FiranNew Orleans$3K
- Kelly GajewskiNew Orleans$2K
- Minghua HaoNew Orleans$1K
- Shannon PowellNew Orleans$1K
- Terry KingWest Monroe$406
- Siddharth MahajanShreveport$356
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.