Lee Thornton, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Meridian, MSNPI 1043318280
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by other: $11,200 of the $14,222 with a category attached, or 78.8%. Convatec Inc. accounts for 79.9% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $11,992 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $118 in 2025. Among plastic and reconstructive surgery clinicians in MS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 92 payments — averaging $154.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Convatec Inc.$11K
- AbbVie$2K
- Sientra, Inc.$756
- Organogenesis Inc.$103
- Triad Life Sciences Inc.$69
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$46
- plus $148 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$7725%
- Food & beverage$2,25016%
- Other$11,20079%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Convatec Inc. | 4 | $11,370 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 65 | $1,731 |
| Sientra, Inc. | 4 | $756 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 6 | $103 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 3 | $46 |
| DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $43 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $24 |
| BD | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 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.
How this compares
$14,222 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 28 plastic and reconstructive surgery providers in Mississippi.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fluorouracil | 15 | $1,246 |
| Tobramycin-DexamethasoneTobramycin/Dexamethasone | 14 | $679 |
| Mupirocin | 57 | $372 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 57 | $332 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 93 | $330 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 15 | $193 |
| Minoxidil | 11 | $132 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 13 | $129 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 20 | $98 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $92 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 79 | $85 |
| Promethazine Hcl | 28 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other plastic and reconstructive surgery in Meridian
- Mark ElliottMeridian$868
- James HendersonMeridian$14
- Frederick SailesMadison$37K
- Gregory GainesTupelo$30K
- John SullivanJackson$12K
- Benjamin McIntyreJackson$11K
- William JacksonMadison$9K
- Michael LebharJackson$8K
- Somjade SongcharoenMadison$7K
- Colton FernstrumJackson$6K
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.