James Ausfahl, MD
Family Medicine · Peoria Heights, ILNPI 1518058619
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 133 payments — averaging $15.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$559
- Novo Nordisk$191
- Lilly USA, LLC$183
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$179
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$156
- Novartis$120
- plus $721 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,109100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 36 | $559 |
| Novo Nordisk | 11 | $191 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 10 | $183 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 12 | $179 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 11 | $156 |
| Novartis | 7 | $120 |
| GSK | 8 | $111 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $89 |
| Bayer | 3 | $57 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Merck | 3 | $45 |
| Aytu Biopharma, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 2 | $37 |
| Circassia Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 2 | $32 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $25 |
| VBI Vaccine (delaware) Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Biogen | 1 | $18 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Dynavax Technologies Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $15 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $12 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,109 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 4,116 family medicine providers in Illinois.
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 | 55 | $56,022 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 34 | $35,171 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 26 | $20,029 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 21 | $16,890 |
| Bydureon BciseExenatide Microspheres | 11 | $14,998 |
| Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol | 13 | $14,728 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 19 | $13,851 |
| Toujeo Max SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 11 | $6,078 |
| Arnuity ElliptaFluticasone Furoate | 11 | $2,646 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 100 | $2,545 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 45 | $2,006 |
| Gabapentin | 67 | $1,275 |
| FenofibrateFenofibrate Nanocrystallized | 22 | $1,017 |
| Bupropion XlBupropion Hcl | 26 | $963 |
| Donepezil Hcl | 45 | $946 |
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 | $559 | $56,02255 claims |
| AstraZenecaBreztri Aerosphere, Farxiga | $25 | $28,57932 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta | $111 | $22,67537 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $45 | $16,89021 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 80th percentile of 4,116 family medicine providers in Illinois.
Other family medicine in Peoria Heights
- Daniel BruneCreve Coeur$15M
- Ali BajwaSpringfield$5.8M
- John ElsenEvergreen Park$5M
- Manohar JethaniBerwyn$4.9M
- Tiffany NguyenSkokie$3.9M
- Bradley TorphyChicago$3M
- Diana WidicusRochester$2.6M
- Nicholas WeberEureka$2.5M
- Stanley KochMorton$2.3M
- Mark ChristensenNew Lenox$2.1M
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.