Jeffrey Ellison, MD
Gastroenterology · Fayetteville, ARNPI 1407040488
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.5% of the total across 345 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 45.2% of the total.
Across 345 payments — averaging $16.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$412
- Johnson & Johnson$332
- Pfizer$317
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.$256
- Gilead$244
- plus $2K from 28 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,44696%
- Education$641%
- Gifts$1913%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 151 | $2,577 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 24 | $412 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 18 | $332 |
| Pfizer | 19 | $317 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 27 | $256 |
| Gilead | 13 | $244 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 12 | $239 |
| Sanofi | 9 | $161 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 14 | $156 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 10 | $152 |
| Amgen | 4 | $85 |
| Organon | 3 | $78 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $68 |
| Abbott | 1 | $62 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $59 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $53 |
| QOL Medical, LLC | 3 | $53 |
| Ardelyx, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $49 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Celltrion USA Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $21 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $12 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
| Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$5,702 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 108 gastroenterology providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| XifaxanRifaximin | 19 | $55,791 |
| CreonLipase/Protease/Amylase | 11 | $17,165 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 177 | $11,440 |
| Ursodiol | 38 | $6,591 |
| SutabSod Sulf/Pot Chloride/Mag Sulf | 34 | $5,485 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 12 | $4,433 |
| Budesonide DrBudesonide | 23 | $4,165 |
| ClenpiqSod Picosulf/Mag Ox/Citric Ac | 24 | $4,138 |
| Sucralfate | 105 | $4,079 |
| PlenvuPeg3350/Sod Sul/Nacl/Kcl/Asb/C | 20 | $2,781 |
| Colestipol Hcl | 90 | $2,531 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 320 | $2,413 |
| Azathioprine | 29 | $1,273 |
| Diphenoxylate-AtropineDiphenoxylate Hcl/Atropine | 13 | $591 |
| Peg-3350 And ElectrolytesPeg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 32 | $419 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLCXifaxan, Plenvu | $412 | $58,57239 claims |
| AbbVieCreon | $2,577 | $17,16511 claims |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Sutab | $256 | $5,48534 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 65th percentile of 108 gastroenterology providers in Arkansas.
Other gastroenterology in Fayetteville
- Chad PaschallFayetteville$4K
- Stephen HicksFayetteville$3K
- Glenn DavisLittle Rock$2.7M
- Ranga BalasekaranSpringdale$235K
- Ali KhanLittle Rock$49K
- Jaymie PenningtonLittle Rock$17K
- Michael JohnsonLittle Rock$17K
- David BackstedtLittle Rock$16K
- Hrair SimonianFort Smith$15K
- Dhaval PatelLittle Rock$15K
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.