Michael Sims
Internal Medicine · Laurel, MSNPI 1962990259
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,239 of the $3,656 with a category attached, or 88.6%. It is spread thinly across 28 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,454, more than ten times the $123 reported in 2019.
Across 113 payments — averaging $32.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$618
- AstraZeneca$442
- Boehringer Ingelheim$297
- Novartis$256
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$250
- Abiomed$249
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,23989%
- Education$41711%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 6 | $618 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $442 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 10 | $297 |
| Novartis | 10 | $256 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $250 |
| Abiomed | 8 | $249 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $201 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $152 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $151 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 9 | $149 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $106 |
| Amgen | 1 | $91 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $88 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $87 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $84 |
| Procyrion, Inc. | 2 | $75 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Merck | 3 | $53 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $50 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $14 |
| Biotronik 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.
- ENSITE$417
- CARDIOMEMS$133
- FARXIGA$121
- LOKELMA$119
- WATCHMAN Access System$112
How this compares
$3,656 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 846 internal medicine providers in Mississippi.
Other internal medicine in Laurel
- 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.