Curtis Childress, MD
Otolaryngology · Hattiesburg, MSNPI 1922069921
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. at 54.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,085 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $20 in 2025.
Across 43 payments — averaging $40.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$935
- AbbVie$133
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$107
- Novo Nordisk$93
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$86
- Optinose US, Inc.$77
- plus $294 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$83548%
- Food & beverage$88952%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $935 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $133 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $107 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $93 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $86 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 4 | $77 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $54 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Stryker | 1 | $26 |
| Merck | 1 | $21 |
| Intersect ENT, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bayer | 1 | $19 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 1 | $14 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Inspire$835
How this compares
$1,724 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 97 otolaryngology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 64 | $2,906 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 12 | $2,620 |
| Epinephrine | 13 | $2,531 |
| Omeprazole | 175 | $1,516 |
| Famotidine | 195 | $1,427 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 45 | $1,360 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HcNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 17 | $981 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 34 | $815 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 60 | $666 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 17 | $401 |
| Ofloxacin | 14 | $322 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 34 | $284 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $207 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 18 | $130 |
| Prednisone | 97 | $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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieSynthroid | $133 | $2,90664 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 60th percentile of 97 otolaryngology providers in Mississippi.
Other otolaryngology in Hattiesburg
- John SobieskHattiesburg$3K
- John SobieskHattiesburg$1K
- Andrew NidaHattiesburg$1K
- Michael HammettHattiesburg$1K
- Timothy ThompsonHattiesburg$986
- Raymond WeissOcean Springs$258K
- Robert YarberTupelo$7K
- Charles WilsonOcean Springs$7K
- Gregory PippinMcComb$6K
- Savannah StocktonBrookhaven$6K
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.