Lauren Buffington, NP
Gerontology · Jackson, MSNPI 1437541109
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.1% of the total across 175 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 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,004 and has fallen 70.0% since, to $302 in 2025.
Across 175 payments — averaging $19.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$559
- AbbVie$477
- Johnson & Johnson$429
- Boehringer Ingelheim$420
- Merck$381
- AstraZeneca$371
- plus $688 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,19596%
- Education$1304%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 33 | $559 |
| AbbVie | 25 | $477 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $429 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 24 | $420 |
| Merck | 19 | $381 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 16 | $371 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 10 | $148 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $107 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $50 |
| Novartis | 2 | $42 |
| Amgen | 2 | $35 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $28 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
How this compares
$3,325 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 66 gerontology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Levetiracetam | 15 | $190 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 22 | $149 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 13 | $147 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $112 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $72 |
| Furosemide | 21 | $60 |
| Prednisone | 14 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other gerontology in Jackson
- Daniel WelchJackson$8K
- Flora GreenJackson$3K
- Sarah BallingerJackson$3K
- Shemina RansomJackson$3K
- April CalvertJackson$2K
- Lacey MayfieldJackson$2K
- Ashley SabbatiniJackson$1K
- Gloria JaquesJackson$1K
- Roxane MoncureJackson$1K
- Tracey GrayerJackson$886
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.