Marika Simmons
Physician Assistant · Byram, MSNPI 1154959526
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 92 payments — averaging $17.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$346
- AbbVie$186
- Mylan Specialty L.p.$136
- GSK$126
- Lilly USA, LLC$111
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$102
- plus $615 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,622100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $346 |
| AbbVie | 11 | $186 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 7 | $136 |
| GSK | 6 | $126 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 8 | $111 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $102 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $77 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $73 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $69 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Novartis | 3 | $43 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $31 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,622 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 278 physician assistant providers in Mississippi.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 84 | $84,820 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 35 | $44,019 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 26 | $33,034 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 22 | $29,200 |
| EliquisApixaban | 24 | $24,803 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 25 | $22,412 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 18 | $17,721 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 11 | $10,251 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 18 | $8,186 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 30 | $3,801 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 99 | $3,333 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 68 | $1,716 |
| Potassium Chloride | 86 | $1,109 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $1,052 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 22 | $1,041 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $126 | $84,82084 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $77 | $44,01935 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $111 | $33,03426 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $69 | $29,20022 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $73 | $24,80324 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $186 | $22,41225 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $346 | $10,25111 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 65th percentile of 278 physician assistant providers in Mississippi.
Other physician assistant in Byram
- Pamela BinghamByram$4K
- Lavinia DrambareanHattiesburg$382K
- Karmen ClarkOcean Springs$49K
- Kristen RichardsonFlowood$21K
- Connie KlotzbachOcean Springs$20K
- Nichole HornHattiesburg$19K
- Hannah SavelyTupelo$13K
- Barry FlippoSouthaven$13K
- Mary AdamsOcean Springs$13K
- Siera ShiyouJackson$12K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.