Melanie Furr, PA
Physician Assistant · Jackson, MSNPI 1538518519
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,464 of the $5,371 with a category attached, or 83.1%. 41 manufacturers reported payments, led by Teleflex LLC at 25.5% of the total. Among physician assistant 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 209 payments — averaging $25.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Teleflex LLC$1K
- Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.$637
- Johnson & Johnson$605
- AbbVie$562
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$393
- Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC$263
- plus $2K from 35 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$71613%
- Food & beverage$4,46483%
- Education$1914%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teleflex LLC | 12 | $1,367 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 40 | $637 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 25 | $605 |
| AbbVie | 33 | $562 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $393 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 7 | $263 |
| Bayer | 11 | $186 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 7 | $137 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Merck | 6 | $104 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 7 | $103 |
| Verity Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $98 |
| Coloplast | 1 | $68 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $62 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $53 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $48 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $46 |
| GSK | 3 | $38 |
| Novartis | 2 | $34 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Immunitybio, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $17 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Abbott | 1 | $14 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$5,371 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 278 physician assistant 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GemtesaVibegron | 153 | $93,006 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 38 | $21,885 |
| ErtapenemErtapenem Sodium | 31 | $17,302 |
| ElmironPentosan Polysulfate Sodium | 11 | $9,875 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 522 | $7,042 |
| Dutasteride | 216 | $6,560 |
| Testosterone | 11 | $3,445 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 66 | $2,827 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 77 | $2,691 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 51 | $1,996 |
| Finasteride | 116 | $1,868 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 40 | $1,569 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 182 | $1,430 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 38 | $1,248 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 42 | $1,218 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.Gemtesa | $637 | $93,006153 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $393 | $21,88538 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 90th percentile of 278 physician assistant providers in Mississippi.
Other physician assistant in Jackson
- Siera ShiyouJackson$12K
- Jesse HanksJackson$8K
- Amber GoodmanJackson$4K
- Eva CarmodyJackson$4K
- Eric LenoirJackson$4K
- Courtney WrightJackson$3K
- Tammy DavisJackson$3K
- Lavinia DrambareanHattiesburg$382K
- Karmen ClarkOcean Springs$49K
- Kristen RichardsonFlowood$21K
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.