Sarah Kerut
Internal Medicine · Jackson, MSNPI 1508245622
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.1% of the total across 76 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 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $523 and has fallen 78.6% since, to $112 in 2025.
Across 76 payments — averaging $22.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Dexcom, Inc.$276
- Amgen$250
- Medtronic$216
- AstraZeneca$102
- AbbVie$88
- BD$85
- plus $662 from 18 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $26,455 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Novartis$317K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,52991%
- Education$1509%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dexcom, Inc. | 12 | $276 |
| Amgen | 14 | $250 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $216 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $102 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $88 |
| BD | 3 | $85 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 5 | $70 |
| Insulet Corporation | 3 | $63 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $46 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 2 | $38 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Recordati_rare_diseases_inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $18 |
| Bayer | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Novartis | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,678 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th 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.