Thomas Skelton, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Jackson, MSNPI 1164442349
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 180 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 40 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in MS, where the typical reported total is $7,952.
Across 180 payments — averaging $30.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boehringer Ingelheim$886
- Novartis$493
- Irhythm Technologies, Inc.$476
- Inari Medical, Inc.$364
- Pfizer$304
- Boston Scientific$291
- plus $3K from 34 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,553100%
- Education$80%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $886 |
| Novartis | 30 | $493 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 14 | $476 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 3 | $364 |
| Pfizer | 20 | $304 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $291 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $239 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $156 |
| Bayer | 5 | $155 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $147 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 3 | $143 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 3 | $142 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 6 | $141 |
| Amgen | 9 | $129 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $123 |
| Abbott | 2 | $115 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $113 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $108 |
| BTG International Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $95 |
| Merck | 5 | $84 |
| Gilead | 5 | $77 |
| Braemar Manufacturing, LLC | 1 | $73 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $59 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $58 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Procyrion, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $34 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $19 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $18 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $17 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- JARDIANCE$449
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$364
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$364
- WATCHMAN Access System$253
- ZIO Patch$204
- HD-IVUS$149
- Definity$120
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$113
- Impella$111
- KENGREAL$111
- Tryvio$108
- EKOSONIC$101
How this compares
$5,561 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 65 interventional cardiology providers in Mississippi.
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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.
Other interventional cardiology in Jackson
- John WinscottJackson$482K
- William CrowderJackson$331K
- James BennettJackson$160K
- Brett BennettJackson$126K
- Alejandro Lemor FerrandJackson$37K
- David YoungJackson$28K
- Richard GuynesJackson$26K
- William NicholsJackson$25K
- Catherine LoweJackson$21K
- Jeremy WhiteJackson$18K
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.