Vikas Mehta, MD
Otolaryngology · Shreveport, LANPI 1902097108
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $6,600 of the $8,339 with a category attached, or 79.1%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merck at 48.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,726, more than ten times the $123 reported in 2019. Among otolaryngology clinicians in LA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 16 payments — averaging $521.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$4K
- Janssen Global Services, LLC$3K
- Pfizer$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$145
- Med-el Corporation$115
- AstraZeneca$107
- plus $122 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,60079%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,25015%
- Food & beverage$4896%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 4 | $4,000 |
| Janssen Global Services, LLC | 1 | $2,600 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $1,250 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $145 |
| Med-el Corporation | 2 | $115 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $107 |
| Atos Medical Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $17 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 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.
- Harmonic$145
How this compares
$8,339 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 218 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 16 | $1,142 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 64 | $499 |
| Calcitriol | 12 | $147 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Shreveport
- Michael YimShreveport$77K
- Maura CosettiShreveport$64K
- Cherie-Ann NathanShreveport$32K
- Ameya AsarkarShreveport$8K
- Roger BuiShreveport$5K
- Jason CalligasShreveport$5K
- Adam BlancherShreveport$4K
- Rodrigo Martinez MonederoShreveport$3K
- Karuna DewanShreveport$3K
- Donald GonzalesNew Orleans$351K
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.