Christopher Brown, MD
Family Medicine · Jonesboro, ARNPI 1215165576
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 6 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Johnson & Johnson accounts for 91.2% of it on its own, with 1 other manufacturer making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $103 and has fallen 87.4% since, to $13 in 2022. That places this record below the midpoint for family medicine clinicians in AR, where the typical reported total is $553.
Across 6 payments — averaging $24.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$136
- Boston Scientific$13
Across 5 payments — averaging $31,926 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.
- Novartis$160K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$149100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $136 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$149 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th 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.
Other family medicine in Jonesboro
- Wallace HokeJonesboro$16K
- Timothy ShownJonesboro$14K
- Randall CarltonJonesboro$13K
- Trent LambJonesboro$13K
- Jeffery BarberJonesboro$12K
- Nathan TurneyJonesboro$12K
- Glenn GibbonsFort Smith$179K
- Hetal PatelParagould$147K
- David GersonSherwood$119K
- Scott MusickBentonville$102K
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.