John Bissell, MD
Pain Medicine · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1902821531
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 48 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. at 32.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $397 and has fallen 91.1% since, to $35 in 2023. That places this record below the midpoint for pain medicine clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $2,943.
Across 48 payments — averaging $17.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc.$272
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$150
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$124
- Boston Scientific$85
- Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc.$41
- USWM, LLC$35
- plus $132 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$840100%
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.
How this compares
$840 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 96 pain medicine providers in Colorado.
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.
Other pain medicine in Colorado Springs
- Mark MeyerColorado Springs$14K
- Jennifer WindsorColorado Springs$9K
- Zachary WinklerColorado Springs$9K
- Vladislav SuntsovColorado Springs$9K
- Joshua RockColorado Springs$9K
- Anthony NguyenColorado Springs$7K
- Christopher MalinkyColorado Springs$5K
- Morgan DahmsColorado Springs$5K
- Tyler NickleColorado Springs$4K
- William LippertColorado Springs$3K
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.