Nicole Walton, DO
Rheumatology · Ocean Springs, MSNPI 1013115906
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 972 payments — averaging $19.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$4K
- Amgen$3K
- UCB, Inc.$2K
- Pfizer$2K
- Novartis$2K
- GSK$1K
- plus $5K from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$19,00099%
- Education$1691%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 189 | $4,058 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 171 | $3,302 |
| UCB, Inc. | 104 | $2,024 |
| Pfizer | 116 | $1,756 |
| Novartis | 76 | $1,575 |
| GSK | 61 | $1,205 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 47 | $960 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 44 | $799 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 30 | $656 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 19 | $368 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 18 | $356 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 14 | $325 |
| Sobi, Inc | 11 | $291 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 11 | $230 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 10 | $194 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 8 | $181 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 6 | $133 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 7 | $128 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 5 | $121 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 3 | $74 |
| Sanofi | 3 | $66 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Sandoz | 3 | $59 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $42 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $23 |
| Medline Industries LP | 1 | $23 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$19,169 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 44 rheumatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RinvoqUpadacitinib | 96 | $600,372 |
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 66 | $525,963 |
| Xeljanz XrTofacitinib Citrate | 85 | $463,102 |
| EnbrelEtanercept | 66 | $437,140 |
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens)Secukinumab | 31 | $216,374 |
| OrenciaAbatacept | 14 | $206,757 |
| BenlystaBelimumab | 43 | $200,600 |
| XeljanzTofacitinib Citrate | 36 | $174,537 |
| Humira(Cf) PenAdalimumab | 19 | $129,036 |
| Enbrel MiniEtanercept | 19 | $128,246 |
| KevzaraSarilumab | 23 | $90,712 |
| Cosentyx Unoready PenSecukinumab | 12 | $81,764 |
| Orencia ClickjectAbatacept | 16 | $77,721 |
| OtezlaApremilast | 15 | $72,014 |
| Humira(Cf)Adalimumab | 12 | $67,608 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieRinvoq, Humira(Cf) | $4,058 | $667,980108 claims |
| AmgenEnbrel, Otezla | $3,302 | $509,15481 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Orencia | $799 | $206,75714 claims |
| GSKBenlysta | $1,205 | $200,60043 claims |
| PfizerXeljanz | $1,756 | $174,53736 claims |
| SanofiKevzara | $66 | $90,71223 claims |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc.Rasuvo | $24 | $14,29622 claims |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USAMitigare | $42 | $2,18812 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 75th percentile of 44 rheumatology providers in Mississippi.
Other rheumatology in Ocean Springs
- Arianna MohiuddinOcean Springs$759
- Vikas MajithiaJackson$1.4M
- David WeissHattiesburg$597K
- Kirk EddlemanOxford$576K
- Charles KingTupelo$404K
- Jason TaylorMadison$173K
- Matthew CarrollKeesler Afb$56K
- Neal ShparagoJackson$39K
- Seth ComptonMadison$22K
- Sharon HongFlowood$22K
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.