Brittain Little, MD
Gastroenterology · Jackson, TNNPI 1053514141
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 234 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 38.7% of the total.
Across 234 payments — averaging $19.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$260
- Pfizer$234
- QOL Medical, LLC$222
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$213
- Sanofi$177
- plus $2K from 27 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $17,850 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- AbbVie$18K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,612100%
- Education$200%
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 | 89 | $1,791 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 15 | $260 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $234 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 10 | $222 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 11 | $213 |
| Sanofi | 8 | $177 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 12 | $171 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 9 | $154 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $145 |
| Merck | 8 | $132 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 1 | $120 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 6 | $119 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 7 | $111 |
| Gilead | 7 | $106 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $105 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $89 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 3 | $83 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $77 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $46 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $34 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Capsovision, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Shire North American Group 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.
How this compares
$4,632 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 336 gastroenterology providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XifaxanRifaximin | 19 | $59,933 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 48 | $34,227 |
| Mesalamine | 22 | $4,154 |
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 33 | $3,388 |
| Mesalamine ErMesalamine | 22 | $3,072 |
| Ursodiol | 21 | $3,006 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 13 | $2,084 |
| Azathioprine | 29 | $1,449 |
| Omeprazole | 124 | $1,209 |
| Famotidine | 101 | $1,021 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 49 | $829 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 18 | $790 |
| Sucralfate | 20 | $578 |
| Dicyclomine Hcl | 25 | $430 |
| Gavilyte-GPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 18 | $279 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan | $171 | $59,93319 claims |
| AbbVieLinzess | $1,791 | $34,22748 claims |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $119 | $2,08413 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 55th percentile of 336 gastroenterology providers in Tennessee.
Other gastroenterology in Jackson
- Bob SouderJackson$20K
- David SchwartzNashville$1.3M
- Ziad YounesGermantown$1M
- Dawn Borromeo BeaulieuNashville$421K
- Satheesh NairMemphis$349K
- Colin HowdenMemphis$291K
- Sara HorstNashville$246K
- Raj NarayaniKnoxville$204K
- Chakradhar ReddyJohnson City$161K
- Leonard BaidooMemphis$152K
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.