Forrest Wells, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Ocean Springs, MSNPI 1477568749
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by gifts: $1,027 of the $1,546 with a category attached, or 66.4%. AbbVie accounts for 89.6% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,085 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $138 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in MS, where the typical reported total is $2,915.
Across 22 payments — averaging $70.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- LEO Pharma Inc.$74
- Amgen$39
- UCB, Inc.$29
- Merck$19
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$51934%
- Gifts$1,02766%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 14 | $1,386 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Amgen | 2 | $39 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
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.
- NATRELLE$1,027
How this compares
$1,546 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 28 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Mississippi.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $395 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 17 | $148 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 11 | $59 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 11 | $42 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 14 | $32 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Ocean Springs
- Frederick SailesMadison$37K
- Gregory GainesTupelo$30K
- Lee ThorntonMeridian$14K
- John SullivanJackson$12K
- Benjamin McIntyreJackson$11K
- William JacksonMadison$9K
- Michael LebharJackson$8K
- Somjade SongcharoenMadison$7K
- Colton FernstrumJackson$6K
- Somprasong SongcharoenMadison$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.