John Prather
Cardiovascular Disease · Corinth, MSNPI 1043233372
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 79 payments — averaging $30.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$472
- Abbott$400
- Boston Scientific$348
- AstraZeneca$260
- Johnson & Johnson$228
- Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC$116
- plus $579 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,57966%
- Education$82534%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 7 | $472 |
| Abbott | 3 | $400 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $348 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $260 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $228 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 5 | $116 |
| Pfizer | 6 | $98 |
| Novartis | 6 | $91 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $75 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $66 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Amgen | 2 | $27 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- Resolute$419
- CardioMEMS HF System$400
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$123
- GENERAL TACHY$107
How this compares
$2,403 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 144 cardiovascular disease providers in Mississippi.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 24 | $111 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 12 | $107 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 13 | $49 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 12 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Corinth
- Mandar JagtapCorinth$20K
- Nanni PidikitiCorinth$13K
- Kerry MorganCorinth$9K
- Barry BertoletTupelo$6.4M
- Dharmesh PatelSouthaven$1.9M
- James HaysJackson$782K
- John EstessTupelo$416K
- Donny StokesJackson$277K
- Mahmoud ZayedPascagoula$103K
- Benjamin BlossomTupelo$91K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.