Richard Byars, MD
Surgery · Oxford, MSNPI 1518903178
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (47.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 70.7% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,545, more than ten times the $207 reported in 2019.
Across 68 payments — averaging $175.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$155
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$76
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$66
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$53
- plus $313 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,13535%
- Food & beverage$1,97217%
- Education$5,69748%
- Gifts$1471%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 37 | $8,447 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 4 | $2,841 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $155 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $66 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $33 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $16 |
| Mindray DS USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Somavac Medical Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Acera Surgical, 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$7,048
- Other - Miscellaneous$2,791
- DA VINCI SP$618
How this compares
$11,952 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 223 surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LinzessLinaclotide | 13 | $7,701 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 192 | $1,629 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 238 | $919 |
| ErythromycinErythromycin Base | 16 | $318 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 59 | $316 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 12 | $42 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 17 | $42 |
| Levofloxacin | 11 | $36 |
| Metronidazole | 18 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Oxford
- Charles HillOxford$8K
- David BaileyGulfport$491K
- Daniel ForeSouthaven$254K
- Jason WilliamsOcean Springs$106K
- Laura VickJackson$77K
- Juvonda HodgeJackson$77K
- Richard McAdoryTupelo$39K
- Andy HolleyCorinth$38K
- Terry PinsonTupelo$35K
- Jonathan CarrollJackson$33K
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.