James Chandler, MD
General Surgery · Jackson, MSNPI 1447350152
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,769 of the $7,437 with a category attached, or 64.1%. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by TELA Bio, Inc. at 27.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,766 and has fallen 72.4% since, to $765 in 2025.
Across 170 payments — averaging $43.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- AbbVie$966
- Davol Inc.$714
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$259
- Medtronic$256
- plus $1K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,66036%
- Food & beverage$4,76964%
- Gifts$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 17 | $2,031 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 11 | $1,871 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 53 | $966 |
| Davol Inc. | 11 | $714 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 15 | $259 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $256 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 7 | $255 |
| CSL Behring | 6 | $139 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $119 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $92 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $75 |
| Vertex | 4 | $69 |
| Molli Surgical (US) Inc | 1 | $62 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 2 | $53 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 4 | $53 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $50 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $31 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Merck | 1 | $28 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $20 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Hologic Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $14 |
| Coopersurgical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Somavac Medical Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Bolder Surgical LLC | 1 | $5 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,807
- OviTex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (OviTex)$1,584
- BD MAX$238
- Phasix Mesh$147
- Symbotex$130
- STRATTICE RECONSTRUCTIVE TISSUE MATRIX BPS$123
How this compares
Too few general surgery providers in Mississippito place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SynthroidLevothyroxine Sodium | 12 | $533 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $21 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVieSynthroid | $966 | $53312 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. There are too few general surgery providers in Mississippion file to place this against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
Other general surgery in Jackson
- Steven PattersonJackson$14K
- Patrick ScanlonJackson$10K
- Richard YelvertonJackson$5K
- Christopher LahrJackson$0
- Geoffrey FlattmannNatchez$26K
- David RimmerBay St Louis$2K
- Philip DoolittleGreenville$0
- Jeffery DoolittleGreenville$0
- Jaiyeola AdeleyeClarksdale$0
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.