Melissa Hines-Thomas
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine · Memphis, TNNPI 1275854259
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $1,645 of the $1,973 with a category attached, or 83.4%. Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB accounts for 83.4% of it on its own, with 2 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,669 and has fallen 94.1% since, to $98 in 2025. Among pediatric critical care medicine clinicians in TN 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 10 payments — averaging $197.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB$2K
- Sobi, Inc$230
- Amgen$98
Across 14 payments — averaging $56,004 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Incyte Corporation$784K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,64583%
- Food & beverage$32817%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB | 1 | $1,645 |
| Sobi, Inc | 3 | $230 |
| Amgen | 6 | $98 |
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.
- Gamifant$108
How this compares
$1,973 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 34 pediatric critical care medicine providers in Tennessee.
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Other pediatric critical care medicine in Memphis
- Lama ElbahlawanMemphis$4K
- David NelsonMemphis$440
- Jennifer KramerMemphis$380
- Samir ShahMemphis$285
- Jennifer SnowMemphis$172
- Shantaveer GanguMemphis$115
- Andrea HeifnerMemphis$58
- Jennifer McArthurMemphis$26
- Monique RoblesMemphis$16
- Yuvraj KalraChattanooga$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.