Luan Brown
Nurse Practitioner · Ocean Springs, MSNPI 1811439490
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.3% of the total across 321 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 24.9% of the total. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in MS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 321 payments — averaging $18.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$856
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$740
- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.$489
- Ardelyx, Inc.$374
- Sanofi$319
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,80496%
- Education$2204%
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 | 79 | $1,498 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 44 | $856 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 60 | $740 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 18 | $489 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 19 | $374 |
| Sanofi | 11 | $319 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 17 | $280 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 10 | $271 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 12 | $215 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 11 | $191 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $164 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $118 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $70 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 3 | $52 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $36 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $35 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $35 |
| Gilead | 2 | $35 |
| Merck | 2 | $31 |
| Organon | 2 | $31 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $14 |
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
$6,024 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,090 nurse practitioner 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 131 | $151,090 |
| XifaxanRifaximin | 29 | $106,075 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 27 | $56,560 |
| ZenpepLipase/Protease/Amylase | 25 | $48,171 |
| RelistorMethylnaltrexone Bromide | 19 | $44,071 |
| Sucralfate | 272 | $41,786 |
| IbsrelaTenapanor Hcl | 20 | $35,110 |
| MovantikNaloxegol Oxalate | 31 | $17,727 |
| TrulancePlecanatide | 13 | $15,630 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 38 | $14,610 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 202 | $13,958 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 135 | $6,322 |
| Famotidine | 518 | $5,652 |
| Omeprazole | 310 | $5,001 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 51 | $4,951 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieLinzess, Creon | $1,498 | $207,650158 claims |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan, Relistor, Trulance | $740 | $165,77661 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $489 | $48,17125 claims |
| Ardelyx, Inc.Ibsrela | $374 | $35,11020 claims |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc.Movantik | $16 | $17,72731 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 95th percentile of 1,090 nurse practitioner providers in Mississippi.
Other nurse practitioner in Ocean Springs
- Christina TreppendahlRidgeland$125K
- Jo Anna WarrenJackson$73K
- Marisa StringerBiloxi$68K
- Sara KlausFlowood$48K
- Micaela PerkinsOxford$32K
- Michelle TharpJackson$28K
- Kaylon LewisHattiesburg$25K
- Jennifer HollyJackson$16K
- Mariah CoxGulfport$14K
- Brittany HicksGulfport$14K
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.