John Lucas, MD
Surgery · Greenwood, MSNPI 1093734840
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.5%), food and beverage and entertainment — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. accounts for 60.3% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,844 and has fallen 96.7% since, to $94 in 2024.
Across 49 payments — averaging $157.05 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$5K
- Laminate Medical Technologies Inc.$2K
- Avenu Medical Inc.$221
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$206
- Venturemed Group, Inc.$170
- Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc.$144
- plus $237 from 4 others
Across 32 payments — averaging $3224.00 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.
- Laminate Medical Technologies Inc.$103K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,50058%
- Food & beverage$2,85837%
- Entertainment$3374%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 26 | $4,641 |
| Laminate Medical Technologies Inc. | 10 | $2,076 |
| Avenu Medical Inc. | 1 | $221 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $206 |
| Venturemed Group, Inc. | 2 | $170 |
| Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc. | 3 | $144 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $82 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $80 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- ANASTOCLIP$3,500
- VasQ External Support$1,149
- VALVULOTOM$375
- Ellipsys System$221
How this compares
$7,695 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 223 surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 282 | $885 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 118 | $405 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 41 | $175 |
| Tramadol Hcl-AcetaminophenTramadol Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $79 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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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.