Benedict Ewaleifoh, MD
Internal Medicine · Jackson, MSNPI 1649294265
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 545 payments — averaging $16.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GSK$4K
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.$816
- Boehringer Ingelheim$781
- Sanofi$491
- AstraZeneca$490
- Insmed, Inc.$302
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,97399%
- Education$601%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSK | 250 | $3,706 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 40 | $816 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 49 | $781 |
| Sanofi | 27 | $491 |
| AstraZeneca | 29 | $490 |
| Insmed, Inc. | 21 | $302 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $283 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $221 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $168 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 9 | $163 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 11 | $149 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $147 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 9 | $147 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | $142 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 8 | $120 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $117 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 7 | $103 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $98 |
| Novartis | 5 | $70 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Ambu Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Gilead | 3 | $54 |
| Merck | 3 | $46 |
| Bayer | 3 | $46 |
| 3b Medical, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Amgen | 3 | $44 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 2 | $41 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $40 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $15 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Circassia Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Impella$130
How this compares
$9,033 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 846 internal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 344 | $233,625 |
| OfevNintedanib Esylate | 13 | $171,256 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 154 | $99,624 |
| EliquisApixaban | 50 | $29,690 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 74 | $20,758 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 43 | $20,364 |
| Spiriva RespimatTiotropium Bromide | 36 | $20,331 |
| Stiolto RespimatTiotropium Br/Olodaterol Hcl | 25 | $12,950 |
| Budesonide-Formoterol FumarateBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 13 | $4,112 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 109 | $3,317 |
| BreynaBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 17 | $2,741 |
| Fluticasone-SalmeterolFluticasone Propion/Salmeterol | 22 | $2,242 |
| Ventolin HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 18 | $1,197 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 76 | $551 |
| Azithromycin | 22 | $298 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $3,706 | $253,989387 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimOfev, Spiriva Respimat, Stiolto Respimat | $781 | $204,53774 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Symbicort | $490 | $120,383228 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $14 | $29,69050 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 95th percentile of 846 internal medicine providers in Mississippi.
Other internal medicine in Jackson
- Bob HutchinsJackson$4.6M
- Sarah KerutJackson$319K
- Gabriel HernandezJackson$196K
- Kelly WilkinsonJackson$183K
- Christina BarlowJackson$129K
- Carrie WynnJackson$69K
- Shanna PettieJackson$53K
- Brendan RossJackson$19K
- Hassan CheemaJackson$16K
- James WilliamsJackson$15K
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.