James Essell, MD
Hematology & Oncology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1265425078
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,214 payments — averaging $3081.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bristol Myers Squibb$1.2M
- Incyte Corporation$824K
- Novartis$393K
- Gilead$273K
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$213K
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$143K
- plus $717K from 29 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $1443.99 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.
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$3K
- Acerta Pharma LLC$2K
- TG Therapeutics, Inc.$16
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$43,80620%
- Speaking & faculty fees$160,44375%
- Travel & lodging$7,7484%
- Food & beverage$2,1831%
- Education$2640%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 57 | $1,178,240 |
| Incyte Corporation | 594 | $823,761 |
| Novartis | 17 | $392,519 |
| Gilead | 62 | $273,267 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 30 | $213,000 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 72 | $143,319 |
| GSK | 44 | $131,297 |
| Amgen | 4 | $101,599 |
| Seagen Inc. | 100 | $80,966 |
| Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 10 | $60,896 |
| Kadmon Corporation LLC | 5 | $58,100 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 6 | $45,657 |
| Deciphera Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 11 | $43,500 |
| AbbVie | 29 | $37,261 |
| Acerta Pharma LLC | 6 | $29,061 |
| Genmab U.S., Inc. | 14 | $27,250 |
| Verastem, Inc. | 57 | $26,066 |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie Company | 22 | $19,711 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 34 | $16,212 |
| Sanofi US Services Inc. | 3 | $12,875 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $7,626 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $4,077 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $2,940 |
| Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $2,272 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 8 | $2,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $1,920 |
| CTI Biopharma Corp. | 1 | $1,725 |
| Sanofi | 5 | $1,682 |
| Morphosys, US Inc. | 1 | $1,455 |
| Beigene, Ltd. | 1 | $450 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $150 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $114 |
| Legend Biotech USA Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $25 |
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
$3,741,095 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 450 hematology & oncology providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CalquenceAcalabrutinib Maleate | 95 | $1,339,806 |
| ScemblixAsciminib Hydrochloride | 13 | $1,314,287 |
| ImbruvicaIbrutinib | 83 | $1,313,350 |
| PomalystPomalidomide | 43 | $941,560 |
| RezurockBelumosudil Mesylate | 41 | $916,266 |
| RevlimidLenalidomide | 48 | $835,594 |
| JakafiRuxolitinib Phosphate | 56 | $740,287 |
| AyvakitAvapritinib | 13 | $506,790 |
| Lenalidomide | 38 | $489,048 |
| JaypircaPirtobrutinib | 18 | $390,294 |
| VenclextaVenetoclax | 52 | $290,618 |
| TasignaNilotinib Hcl | 12 | $117,241 |
| EliquisApixaban | 85 | $56,597 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 34 | $35,976 |
| Fondaparinux Sodium | 15 | $18,969 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisScemblix, Tasigna | $392,519 | $1,431,52725 claims |
| AstraZenecaCalquence | $7,626 | $1,339,80695 claims |
| Pharmacyclics LLC, An Abbvie CompanyImbruvica | $19,711 | $1,313,35083 claims |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Pomalyst | $213,000 | $941,56043 claims |
| Bristol Myers SquibbRevlimid | $1,178,240 | $835,59448 claims |
| Incyte CorporationJakafi | $823,761 | $740,28756 claims |
| AbbVieVenclexta | $37,261 | $290,61852 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $150 | $56,59785 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $1,920 | $35,97634 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 95th percentile of 450 hematology & oncology providers in Ohio.
Other hematology & oncology in Cincinnati
- Trisha Wise-DraperCincinnati$9.8M
- Davendra SohalCincinnati$8.6M
- David WaterhouseCincinnati$5.7M
- Patrick WardCincinnati$3.8M
- Edward FaberCincinnati$2.3M
- Omar AlkharabshehCincinnati$1.2M
- Alexander StarodubCincinnati$1.1M
- Mark JohnsCincinnati$999K
- Jason JonesCincinnati$948K
- Shuchi GulatiCincinnati$792K
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.