Kathleen Messenger, MD
Neurology · Jackson, MSNPI 1174574701
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.8% of the total across 932 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 43 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 932 payments — averaging $17.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$2K
- Biogen$1K
- Pfizer$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$1K
- Novartis$931
- plus $8K from 37 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$120%
- Food & beverage$15,92398%
- Education$3512%
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.
How this compares
$16,286 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 111 neurology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov50 | 205 | $1,468,229 |
| PrivigenImmun Glob G(Igg)/Pro/Iga 0-50 | 31 | $568,425 |
| Kesimpta PenOfatumumab | 49 | $461,211 |
| AustedoDeutetrabenazine | 37 | $335,341 |
| GammakedImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 47 | $279,983 |
| Gamunex-CImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 21 | $172,999 |
| GammaplexImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga 0-50 | 12 | $150,420 |
| OctagamImmun Globg(Igg)/Malt/Iga Ov50 | 13 | $124,328 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 47 | $49,309 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 25 | $44,488 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 20 | $28,035 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 22 | $25,769 |
| BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina | 17 | $21,450 |
| EliquisApixaban | 25 | $21,096 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 11 | $19,534 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.Gammagard Liquid | $18 | $1,468,229205 claims |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Austedo | $1,680 | $335,34137 claims |
| PfizerOctagam, Nurtec Odt, Eliquis | $1,016 | $189,91263 claims |
| AbbVieUbrelvy, Botox, Qulipta | $2,723 | $66,75350 claims |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Nuedexta | $440 | $19,10917 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide | $66 | $10,11039 claims |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate | $38 | $2,121163 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 75th percentile of 111 neurology providers in Mississippi.
Other neurology in Jackson
- Ruth FredericksJackson$943K
- Wendell HelvestonJackson$883K
- Rajesh SharmaJackson$152K
- Patrick WeldonJackson$85K
- Riichi OtaJackson$53K
- Mitchell MyersJackson$43K
- Tiffany ScarffJackson$29K
- Derek LetortJackson$25K
- Shreyas GangadharaJackson$20K
- Juebin HuangJackson$20K
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.