Ryan Shephard
Internal Medicine · Jackson, MSNPI 1043849789
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.5% of the total across 124 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 11.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,143, more than ten times the $11 reported in 2020.
Across 124 payments — averaging $22.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$327
- AstraZeneca$321
- GSK$307
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$249
- Boehringer Ingelheim$242
- Merck$226
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,74197%
- Education$993%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 17 | $327 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $321 |
| GSK | 13 | $307 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 9 | $249 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 13 | $242 |
| Merck | 10 | $226 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 8 | $187 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 6 | $173 |
| AbbVie | 9 | $168 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 3 | $141 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $100 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 3 | $69 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Bayer | 3 | $49 |
| Sanofi | 2 | $41 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $21 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,840 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 846 internal medicine providers in Mississippi.
Other internal medicine in Jackson
- Kelly WilkinsonJackson$79K
- Shanna PettieJackson$53K
- Gabriel HernandezJackson$41K
- Brendan RossJackson$19K
- Hassan CheemaJackson$16K
- James WilliamsJackson$15K
- Day LennepJackson$13K
- Carrie WynnJackson$12K
- Yanglin GuoJackson$10K
- Benedict EwaleifohJackson$9K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.