Ronald Tynes
Acute Care · Hattiesburg, MSNPI 1033450333
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 139 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 30.7% of the total.
Across 139 payments — averaging $18.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$770
- Merck$412
- Johnson & Johnson$194
- Abbott$162
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$145
- Amgen$103
- plus $719 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,504100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 42 | $770 |
| Merck | 18 | $412 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $194 |
| Abbott | 11 | $162 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 13 | $145 |
| Amgen | 7 | $103 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $94 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $89 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $79 |
| Bayer | 4 | $79 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $74 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $71 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $28 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$2,504 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 223 acute care 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 15 | $12,548 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 38 | $427 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 43 | $346 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 16 | $299 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 38 | $205 |
| Carvedilol | 23 | $164 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 16 | $142 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 24 | $108 |
| Spironolactone | 16 | $55 |
| Furosemide | 27 | $54 |
| Lisinopril | 11 | $35 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 15 | $6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $74 | $12,54815 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 80th percentile of 223 acute care providers in Mississippi.
Other acute care in Hattiesburg
- Dylan BoydHattiesburg$15K
- Kimberly GonzalesHattiesburg$10K
- Billy ChancellorHattiesburg$9K
- Brad MasseyHattiesburg$4K
- Garrett BondHattiesburg$2K
- Christopher BellTupelo$348K
- Kathleen ArnoldOcean Springs$217K
- Gavin GistOxford$42K
- Jamie DamicoOcean Springs$17K
- Melinda ClarkStarkville$14K
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.