John Billingsley, MD
Ophthalmology · Siloam Springs, ARNPI 1972569382
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,420 of the $2,135 with a category attached, or 66.5%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biotissue Holdings Inc. at 33.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,002 and has fallen 93.9% since, to $61 in 2024.
Across 41 payments — averaging $52.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotissue Holdings Inc.$719
- Alcon$572
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$332
- AbbVie$194
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$97
- Novartis$94
- plus $126 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$63030%
- Food & beverage$1,42067%
- Education$402%
- Gifts$452%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 5 | $719 |
| Alcon | 8 | $572 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 2 | $332 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 10 | $194 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 3 | $97 |
| Novartis | 5 | $94 |
| Amgen | 2 | $29 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Beaver-visitec International, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Prokera$630
- AmnioGraft$630
- AmnioGuard$630
- ARTEVO 800$173
- VERACITY SURGICAL$160
- AcrySof IQ VIVITY IOL$139
- PanOptix$114
How this compares
$2,135 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 125 ophthalmology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prednisolone Acetate | 19 | $684 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-DexamethNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexametha | 38 | $502 |
| Latanoprost | 52 | $257 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other ophthalmology in Siloam Springs
- Daniel SinesRogers$81K
- Mike McFarlandPine Bluff$63K
- Jennifer DoyleLittle Rock$38K
- James LinderMarion$18K
- Matthew MargolisJonesboro$17K
- Thomas StankJonesboro$16K
- Andrew PerinNorth Little Rock$4K
- Jeffrey HoltHot Springs$4K
- Joshua LittleJonesboro$4K
- Jonathan CascianoLittle Rock$4K
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.