Stephen Southworth, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Tupelo, MSNPI 1437120730
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $132,737 of the $159,893 with a category attached, or 83.0%. Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. accounts for 99.7% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $47,575 and has fallen 67.7% since, to $15,351 in 2025. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in MS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 140 payments — averaging $1142.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$159K
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$346
- Bioventus LLC$34
- Baudax Bio Inc.$31
- Globus Medical$25
- Illuminoss Medical, Inc.$19
- plus $45 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,2605%
- Speaking & faculty fees$132,73783%
- Travel & lodging$16,43610%
- Food & beverage$2,4262%
- Education$330%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 127 | $159,393 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 4 | $346 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $25 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Axogen | 1 | $14 |
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
$159,893 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 170 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 18 | $101 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Tupelo
- George van OstenTupelo$322K
- William StewardTupelo$55K
- Rowland RobersonTupelo$43K
- Jeb WilliamsTupelo$18K
- Jacob SmitheyTupelo$17K
- Mary GibsonTupelo$10K
- Bryan FaganTupelo$8K
- Matthew GravesJackson$1.2M
- Edward HobgoodJackson$267K
- Hanna MitiasNew Albany$249K
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.