Brandon Chism, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Fayetteville, ARNPI 1376500108
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,454 of the $7,474 with a category attached, or 73.0%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 44.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,577 and has fallen 64.6% since, to $913 in 2025.
Across 221 payments — averaging $33.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Abiomed$564
- Inari Medical, Inc.$414
- Cvrx, Inc.$333
- Pfizer$271
- plus $833 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,99427%
- Food & beverage$5,45473%
- Education$260%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 110 | $3,324 |
| Abbott | 46 | $1,735 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $564 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 5 | $414 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $333 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $271 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Amgen | 8 | $126 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $82 |
| Novartis | 5 | $80 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 5 | $50 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $34 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $33 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $33 |
| Stryker | 1 | $33 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $24 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $21 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 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.
How this compares
$7,474 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 130 cardiovascular disease providers in Arkansas.
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 | 602 | $605,813 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 115 | $133,742 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 73 | $75,674 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 64 | $38,150 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 37 | $32,330 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 22 | $12,356 |
| Dofetilide | 50 | $10,120 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 407 | $5,963 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 76 | $4,770 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 627 | $4,722 |
| Losartan Potassium | 353 | $3,701 |
| Bisoprolol Fumarate | 48 | $2,902 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 148 | $2,700 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 333 | $2,651 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 60 | $2,588 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $271 | $605,813602 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $34 | $133,742115 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $80 | $75,67473 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $82 | $38,15064 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 70th percentile of 130 cardiovascular disease providers in Arkansas.
Other cardiovascular disease in Fayetteville
- Garrett SanfordFayetteville$7K
- Ian CawichLittle Rock$294K
- Barry TedderJonesboro$130K
- Harvinder DodEl Dorado$126K
- William RollefsonLittle Rock$74K
- Andre PaixaoLittle Rock$73K
- Julio SchwarzFort Smith$70K
- Maximiliano ArroyoJonesboro$46K
- Wesley LaneLittle Rock$46K
- Omar QaqishLittle Rock$45K
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.