James Stone, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Tupelo, MSNPI 1417066226
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.3%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 77.7% of it on its own, with 34 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $33,471 and has fallen 83.5% since, to $5,537 in 2025.
Across 435 payments — averaging $139.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$47K
- Biotronik Inc.$8K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$247
- Abiomed$219
- plus $2K from 29 others
Across 629 payments — averaging $2427.40 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.
- Boston Scientific$868K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$409K
- Abbott$112K
- Medtronic$82K
- Biotronik Inc.$51K
- Novartis$3K
- plus $1K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,40022%
- Speaking & faculty fees$28,10046%
- Travel & lodging$9,03615%
- Food & beverage$10,16117%
- Education$510%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 237 | $47,206 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 55 | $8,089 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 9 | $2,000 |
| Abbott | 47 | $1,270 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $247 |
| Abiomed | 8 | $219 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $200 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $156 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Novartis | 9 | $114 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $113 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 7 | $104 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $90 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Thrombolex, Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Merck | 4 | $63 |
| Braemar Manufacturing, LLC | 1 | $63 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $57 |
| Amgen | 4 | $53 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $38 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $36 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $20 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $14 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- Watchman$36,887
- WATCHMAN Access System$3,500
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$3,130
- Navistar$1,572
- OPTIMIZER$229
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$214
- DecaNav$153
- Micra$149
- ENSITE$141
- Inspire$139
- Farapulse$133
- AVEIR$131
How this compares
Too few clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Mississippito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 803 | $668,205 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 102 | $71,517 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 49 | $49,329 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 29 | $25,455 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 15 | $12,843 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 15 | $12,111 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 272 | $9,883 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 334 | $9,054 |
| CorlanorIvabradine Hcl | 15 | $8,498 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 640 | $6,716 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 18 | $4,701 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 315 | $3,978 |
| Digoxin | 133 | $2,364 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 129 | $2,318 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 131 | $1,767 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $113 | $668,205803 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $12 | $71,517102 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $114 | $49,32949 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $104 | $12,84315 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $14 | $12,11115 claims |
| AmgenCorlanor | $53 | $8,49815 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. There are too few clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Mississippion file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Tupelo
- Karthik Venkatesh PrasadTupelo$86K
- Elsheikh AbdelrahimTupelo$35K
- Karl CrossenTupelo$7K
- James Hamilton IvJackson$34K
- Jimmy LottJackson$16K
- Attila RokaMeridian$16K
- Santo BorganelliHattiesburg$16K
- Diego Alcivar FrancoHattiesburg$14K
- Sandra McCearleyJackson$10K
- Douglas WolfeJackson$9K
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.