James Ricci
Internal Medicine · Bethalto, ILNPI 1710994181
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 303 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 11.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,296 and has fallen 86.5% since, to $309 in 2022. Among internal medicine clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 303 payments — averaging $14.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novo Nordisk$488
- Amgen$450
- Pfizer$439
- AstraZeneca$436
- AbbVie$420
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$250
- plus $2K from 31 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,333100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk | 56 | $488 |
| Amgen | 24 | $450 |
| Pfizer | 37 | $439 |
| AstraZeneca | 24 | $436 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 25 | $420 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 15 | $250 |
| Novartis | 16 | $237 |
| GSK | 18 | $228 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $169 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $139 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 8 | $128 |
| Abbott | 9 | $126 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $111 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $83 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 6 | $77 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $49 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 3 | $44 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 2 | $28 |
| Merck | 2 | $27 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $26 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $25 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $19 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Gilead | 1 | $17 |
| Bayer | 1 | $16 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Optos, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$4,333 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 5,182 internal medicine providers in Illinois.
Other internal medicine in Bethalto
- Zaid JabbarOak Brook$1.2M
- Merle DiamondChicago$1.1M
- David ReckerLibertyville$868K
- Yazen JoudehOrland Park$661K
- Robert KushnerChicago$516K
- William CruikshankOak Lawn$431K
- Romeo UrsuaChicago$420K
- Shaina RozellChicago Ridge$366K
- Kristi Tough DesapriWinnetka$344K
- Peter O DonnellChicago$318K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.