James Bell
Physician Assistant · Newton, MANPI 1265859508
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 112 payments — averaging $27.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Antares Pharma, Inc.$388
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$368
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.$316
- Endo USA, Inc.$301
- Pfizer$281
- Novo Nordisk$230
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,049100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 14 | $388 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $368 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $316 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 11 | $301 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $281 |
| Novo Nordisk | 9 | $230 |
| Tolmar, Inc. | 11 | $191 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $180 |
| Amgen | 6 | $176 |
| Novartis | 6 | $144 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $138 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $85 |
| Halozyme Inc | 3 | $79 |
| Bayer | 2 | $56 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Echosens North America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
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
$3,049 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 3,507 physician assistant providers in Massachusetts.
Other physician assistant in Newton
- Christopher MasseyWilbraham$190K
- Lizabeth O ConnorEverett$182K
- Kimberly ComeauSwampscott$120K
- Stacey PanasciSpringfield$113K
- Jason RandWaltham$99K
- Karen ChunEast Boston$70K
- David PeckhamQuincy$61K
- Leslie SmithSpringfield$49K
- Andrea MilliganBoston$46K
- Lauren RousseauBoston$42K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.