Michael Boler
Internal Medicine · Greenwood, MSNPI 1821071267
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,591 of the $9,166 with a category attached, or 82.8%. It is spread thinly across 38 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,402 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $100 in 2025. Among internal medicine 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 361 payments — averaging $25.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Novo Nordisk$901
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$700
- Novartis$483
- Pfizer$469
- plus $3K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,57517%
- Food & beverage$7,59183%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 6 | $1,957 |
| AstraZeneca | 56 | $1,338 |
| Novo Nordisk | 64 | $901 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 7 | $700 |
| Novartis | 27 | $483 |
| Pfizer | 28 | $469 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 27 | $376 |
| GSK | 17 | $284 |
| Merck | 18 | $284 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $274 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 18 | $271 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 8 | $216 |
| Amgen | 7 | $191 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $190 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $179 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 8 | $143 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $121 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $116 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Abbott | 1 | $100 |
| Bayer | 4 | $60 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $52 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $16 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $16 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $15 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Nabriva Therapeutics, PLC | 1 | $13 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- HawkOne$1,762
- CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$237
- FARXIGA$217
- Impella$143
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$130
- Indigo System$116
- NAVITOR$100
How this compares
$9,166 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 846 internal medicine providers in Mississippi.
Other internal medicine in Greenwood
- Kelly WilkinsonJackson$79K
- Shanna PettieJackson$53K
- Gabriel HernandezJackson$41K
- Indira VeerisettyRidgeland$25K
- James BridgesMadison$23K
- Brendan RossJackson$19K
- Hassan CheemaJackson$16K
- Jeffrey DennisOxford$15K
- Charles HillOxford$15K
- Paul VolanskyCorinth$15K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.