Chizoba Usuwa, MD
Family Medicine · Pine Bluff, ARNPI 1689191108
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 13 payments — averaging $42.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$239
- Viiv Healthcare Company$76
- Vertex$70
- Dexcom, Inc.$58
- UCB, Inc.$40
- Baudax Bio Inc.$25
- plus $41 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$549100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $239 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $76 |
| Vertex | 1 | $70 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Banner Life Sciences, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
How this compares
$549 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 1,347 family medicine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avonex Pen (4 Pack)Interferon Beta-1a | 12 | $110,777 |
| LinzessLinaclotide | 12 | $10,697 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 48 | $3,046 |
| Gabapentin | 204 | $2,089 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 44 | $1,723 |
| Lidocaine | 19 | $1,223 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 27 | $1,126 |
| Levetiracetam | 43 | $813 |
| Topiramate | 86 | $589 |
| Phenytoin Sodium Extended | 16 | $440 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $425 |
| Lamotrigine | 30 | $405 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 20 | $382 |
| Cyanocobalamin InjectionCyanocobalamin (Vitamin B-12) | 27 | $347 |
| RizatriptanRizatriptan Benzoate | 11 | $331 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other family medicine in Pine Bluff
- George KonisLittle Rock$26.6M
- Kevin RobertsLittle Rock$2.5M
- Derek LewisLittle Rock$1.7M
- Jodi SansonHot Springs$1.7M
- Senthil RaghavanLittle Rock$496K
- Broderick EatonWynne$442K
- Landon HumphreyConway$417K
- Vonda HouchinHarrisburg$206K
- Glenn GibbonsFort Smith$179K
- Christopher BrownJonesboro$160K
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.