Thomas Scott
Rheumatology · Kansas City, MONPI 1205898913
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $33,868 of the $47,583 with a category attached, or 71.2%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bristol Myers Squibb at 29.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $31,235 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $100 in 2022. Among rheumatology clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 175 payments — averaging $271.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$14K
- Pfizer$12K
- Amgen$12K
- AbbVie$7K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- Lilly USA, LLC$168
- plus $284 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,68818%
- Speaking & faculty fees$33,86871%
- Travel & lodging$2,3365%
- Food & beverage$2,6766%
- Education$150%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 27 | $14,179 |
| Pfizer | 40 | $12,412 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 52 | $12,183 |
| AbbVie | 19 | $7,062 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $1,295 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $168 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $99 |
| GSK | 4 | $63 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $49 |
| Novartis | 2 | $33 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $19 |
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
$47,583 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 134 rheumatology providers in Missouri.
Other rheumatology in Kansas City
- Mark BoxKansas City$304K
- Ghaith NoaisehKansas City$69K
- Tina ShahKansas City$36K
- David JohnKansas City$3K
- Julian MagadanKansas City$3K
- Anne WinklerCarthage$1.6M
- Adam KilianSaint Louis$565K
- Alfred KimSaint Louis$486K
- Sona KamatSaint Louis$268K
- Robert JacksonMemphis$152K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.