Walter Gipson, MD
Family Medicine · Picayune, MSNPI 1023121555
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 244 payments — averaging $15.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$1K
- AstraZeneca$311
- Lilly USA, LLC$306
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$278
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$234
- Novo Nordisk$188
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,689100%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 91 | $1,192 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $311 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 17 | $306 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 24 | $278 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 14 | $234 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $188 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 9 | $136 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 7 | $130 |
| GSK | 7 | $118 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 7 | $105 |
| Novartis | 6 | $94 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $83 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Amgen | 5 | $71 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $70 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $28 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Merck | 2 | $25 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Ironshore Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $14 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$3,697 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 971 family medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 152 | $131,451 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 105 | $108,385 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 103 | $98,804 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 89 | $96,534 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 83 | $85,138 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 71 | $84,774 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 99 | $66,372 |
| RybelsusSemaglutide | 46 | $63,057 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 50 | $55,208 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 48 | $32,263 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 26 | $29,648 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 43 | $28,503 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 30 | $28,020 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 43 | $27,063 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 15 | $10,397 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $188 | $147,831117 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity | $306 | $138,033131 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $70 | $131,451152 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere, Symbicort, Brilinta | $311 | $117,142200 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $118 | $98,804103 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $25 | $96,53489 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Combivent Respimat | $12 | $92,42298 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess, Synthroid | $1,192 | $36,099131 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $234 | $28,50343 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $14 | $27,06343 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $94 | $10,39715 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 971 family medicine providers in Mississippi.
Other family medicine in Picayune
- James RiserPicayune$28K
- Delora DenneyPicayune$24K
- Paul MatherneGulfport$14.4M
- Timothy QuinnRidgeland$8M
- Sean KerbyGulfport$6.6M
- Rambod RouhbakhshHattiesburg$6M
- Randall HulingOlive Branch$4.6M
- Demetri MarshallPort Gibson$3M
- Alexander OsowaJackson$2.2M
- Russell CarlisleWesson$1.6M
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.