James Butler
Neurology · Stratford, CTNPI 1508802935
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.3% of the total across 364 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 37 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,876 and has fallen 82.4% since, to $330 in 2025.
Across 364 payments — averaging $17.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1K
- AbbVie$730
- Biogen$451
- UCB, Inc.$384
- AstraZeneca$323
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$319
- plus $3K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$411%
- Food & beverage$6,14699%
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.
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.
- LEMTRADA$106
How this compares
$6,187 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 280 neurology providers in Connecticut.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Donepezil Hcl | 13 | $116 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurology in Stratford
- Yaniv ChenStratford$28K
- Philip BaraschStratford$17K
- Lisa WebbStratford$16K
- Lawrence BeckStratford$13K
- Peter McAllisterFairfield$2.3M
- Stewart TepperStamford$1.2M
- Sharon StollNew Haven$822K
- Mary BaileyNew Haven$630K
- Wanda Castro-BorreroFarmington$553K
- Derek SmithNorwich$469K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.