John Ekman
Psychiatric/Mental Health · Tucson, AZNPI 1194722256
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $10,177 of the $13,148 with a category attached, or 77.4%. AbbVie accounts for 61.3% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $8,228 and has fallen 98.4% since, to $134 in 2025. Among psychiatric/mental health clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 41 payments — averaging $320.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$8K
- Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.$5K
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$111
- Alkermes, Inc.$53
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$23
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,17777%
- Travel & lodging$2,12116%
- Food & beverage$7396%
- Education$1111%
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 | 21 | $8,054 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 15 | $4,908 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Alkermes, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- VRAYLAR$7,761
- ABILIFY MAINTENA$4,734
How this compares
$13,148 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,230 psychiatric/mental health providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Invega SustennaPaliperidone Palmitate | 40 | $129,128 |
| Abilify MaintenaAripiprazole | 24 | $68,980 |
| Seroquel XrQuetiapine Fumarate | 15 | $22,701 |
| Aripiprazole | 97 | $10,324 |
| Methylphenidate ErMethylphenidate Hcl | 12 | $5,600 |
| Chlorpromazine Hcl | 35 | $5,050 |
| Lurasidone Hcl | 23 | $5,037 |
| Clozapine | 50 | $4,073 |
| Prochlorperazine Maleate | 168 | $3,988 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate | 165 | $2,962 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 156 | $2,756 |
| Quetiapine Fumarate ErQuetiapine Fumarate | 46 | $2,347 |
| Ziprasidone Hcl | 60 | $2,106 |
| Divalproex Sodium ErDivalproex Sodium | 50 | $2,083 |
| Olanzapine OdtOlanzapine | 19 | $1,930 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.Abilify Maintena | $4,908 | $68,98024 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 1,230 psychiatric/mental health providers in Arizona.
Other psychiatric/mental health in Tucson
- Aaron del PinoTucson$28K
- Tabitha SalzerTucson$20K
- Daniel ChafetzTucson$18K
- Cassandra Diaz de LeonTucson$10K
- Sylvia ValenzuelaTucson$9K
- Toyin MarcusTucson$8K
- Isabella WaszkiewiczTucson$8K
- Melanie MartinTucson$7K
- Justine ConfinoTucson$5K
- Elizabeth ElliottPhoenix$363K
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.