Amy Ballard
Surgical · Tupelo, MSNPI 1528153558
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.5%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Radius Health, Inc. accounts for 94.7% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among surgical clinicians in MS 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 188 payments — averaging $204.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Radius Health, Inc.$36K
- Amgen$753
- Bioventus LLC$287
- Kerecis Limited$263
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$132
- Smith+Nephew$113
- plus $503 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,7887%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,98139%
- Travel & lodging$16,71043%
- Food & beverage$3,93610%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Radius Health, Inc. | 99 | $36,364 |
| Amgen | 43 | $753 |
| Bioventus LLC | 14 | $287 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $263 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $113 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $86 |
| CSL Behring | 3 | $78 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $70 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 2 | $63 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $20 |
| Alvogen Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Reprise Biomedical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Tymlos$34,230
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$615
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$154
- CellerateRx$132
How this compares
$38,414 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 35 surgical providers in Mississippi.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TymlosAbaloparatide | 46 | $142,093 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 405 | $1,380 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $243 |
| Vitamin D2Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D2) | 19 | $121 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos | $36,364 | $142,09346 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 95th percentile of 35 surgical providers in Mississippi.
Other surgical in Tupelo
- Christopher McCarleyTupelo$3K
- Jessica FelixTupelo$91
- Taylor DerricoJackson$5K
- Aaron BoydSouthaven$5K
- Katherine LongJackson$5K
- Mary BiddyCanton$4K
- Jose SosaRidgeland$2K
- Charlotte MossJackson$2K
- Rachel SellersFlowood$2K
- Abby ThamesMeridian$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.