Katherine Royals, MD
Family Medicine · Hattiesburg, MSNPI 1013357334
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 353 payments — averaging $16.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$856
- Amgen$767
- Pfizer$637
- Novo Nordisk$630
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$467
- Lilly USA, LLC$377
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,828100%
- Education$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 55 | $856 |
| Amgen | 51 | $767 |
| Pfizer | 49 | $637 |
| Novo Nordisk | 41 | $630 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 21 | $467 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 22 | $377 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 16 | $305 |
| Corium, LLC | 10 | $200 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $191 |
| Exact Sciences | 8 | $162 |
| Novartis | 7 | $132 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $115 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 6 | $102 |
| Tris Pharma Inc | 5 | $102 |
| GSK | 7 | $98 |
| Merck | 6 | $88 |
| Bayer | 3 | $61 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $59 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 3 | $44 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Gilead | 3 | $44 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $36 |
| Abbott | 2 | $34 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $25 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$5,842 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 971 family medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 114 | $154,098 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 120 | $139,760 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 52 | $54,669 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 51 | $48,026 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 45 | $39,126 |
| EliquisApixaban | 23 | $27,228 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 28 | $25,673 |
| TrintellixVortioxetine Hydrobromide | 21 | $20,868 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 13 | $16,938 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 14 | $15,657 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 15 | $12,421 |
| ShingrixVaricella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf | 51 | $11,536 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 22 | $8,007 |
| Gabapentin | 168 | $4,957 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 108 | $4,411 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $377 | $208,767166 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $630 | $139,760120 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $115 | $48,02651 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $856 | $43,490110 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $637 | $27,22823 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $88 | $25,67328 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort | $191 | $24,94535 claims |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Trintellix | $467 | $20,86821 claims |
| GSKShingrix | $98 | $11,53651 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 85th percentile of 971 family medicine providers in Mississippi.
Other family medicine in Hattiesburg
- Rambod RouhbakhshHattiesburg$6M
- Omolara OtaigbeHattiesburg$17K
- Deborah CopelandHattiesburg$13K
- J DumasHattiesburg$12K
- Anny EvansHattiesburg$10K
- Paul MatherneGulfport$14.4M
- Timothy QuinnRidgeland$8M
- Sean KerbyGulfport$6.6M
- Randall HulingOlive Branch$4.6M
- Demetri MarshallPort Gibson$3M
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.