Whitni Pinkerton
Gerontology · Meridian, MSNPI 1538641204
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 132 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 20 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 132 payments — averaging $26.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merck$651
- Johnson & Johnson$565
- AstraZeneca$495
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$359
- Inari Medical, Inc.$309
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$255
- plus $889 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,524100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merck | 27 | $651 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $565 |
| AstraZeneca | 15 | $495 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 16 | $359 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $309 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8 | $255 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 13 | $225 |
| Novartis | 6 | $112 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $84 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 5 | $81 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $75 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $69 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $68 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Bayer | 1 | $28 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$309
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$309
- Inpefa$125
- LOKELMA$125
How this compares
$3,524 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 66 gerontology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 28 | $15,570 |
| EliquisApixaban | 17 | $9,848 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 23 | $768 |
| Spironolactone | 55 | $300 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 13 | $282 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 67 | $257 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 51 | $250 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 45 | $236 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 23 | $226 |
| Carvedilol | 48 | $197 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 30 | $168 |
| Valsartan | 11 | $152 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 14 | $124 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 17 | $79 |
| Nitroglycerin | 11 | $78 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $495 | $15,57028 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 66 gerontology providers in Mississippi.
Other gerontology in Meridian
- Jenna HarperMeridian$1K
- Mary StewartMeridian$496
- Vanessa NormanMeridian$283
- Jacquelyn RayMeridian$141
- Elaine BlountMeridian$132
- Leigh van DevenderOxford$16K
- Justin ColeLaurel$14K
- Shannon WoodsSouthaven$14K
- Shavonne DoyleOxford$14K
- Meghan MillsTupelo$10K
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.