John Elser, MD
Family Medicine · Evergreen Park, ILNPI 1154366839
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 324 payments — averaging $18.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$773
- Pfizer$730
- Novo Nordisk$622
- AstraZeneca$579
- Lilly USA, LLC$573
- Amgen$501
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,02899%
- Education$421%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 25 | $773 |
| Pfizer | 38 | $730 |
| Novo Nordisk | 35 | $622 |
| AstraZeneca | 28 | $579 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 35 | $573 |
| Amgen | 30 | $501 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 23 | $467 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 18 | $345 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 13 | $230 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 11 | $223 |
| GSK | 10 | $153 |
| Merck | 12 | $149 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $106 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 6 | $103 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9 | $96 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $79 |
| Novartis | 4 | $60 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $55 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Bayer | 2 | $27 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Abbott | 1 | $22 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $14 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- FARXIGA$124
- INVOKANA$123
- XARELTO$118
- SOLIQUA 100/33$108
How this compares
$6,070 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,116 family medicine providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OzempicSemaglutide | 95 | $135,727 |
| EliquisApixaban | 114 | $103,875 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 56 | $60,444 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 49 | $50,390 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 36 | $44,065 |
| Janumet XrSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 30 | $36,880 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 23 | $26,869 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 31 | $21,845 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 16 | $21,196 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 20 | $18,540 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 23 | $11,930 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 13 | $9,759 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 556 | $6,573 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 18 | $5,921 |
| Combivent RespimatIpratropium/Albuterol Sulfate | 11 | $5,177 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $622 | $135,72795 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $730 | $103,875114 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Combivent Respimat, Synjardy Xr | $467 | $69,08479 claims |
| MerckJanumet Xr, Januvia | $149 | $55,41950 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $773 | $50,39049 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCTrulicity | $573 | $44,06536 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta, Symbicort | $579 | $42,55054 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta, Arnuity Ellipta | $153 | $37,57072 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $223 | $1,34822 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 90th percentile of 4,116 family medicine providers in Illinois.
Other family medicine in Evergreen Park
- John ElsenEvergreen Park$5M
- George ThomasEvergreen Park$124K
- Daniel BruneCreve Coeur$15M
- Ali BajwaSpringfield$5.8M
- Manohar JethaniBerwyn$4.9M
- Tiffany NguyenSkokie$3.9M
- Bradley TorphyChicago$3M
- Diana WidicusRochester$2.6M
- Nicholas WeberEureka$2.5M
- Stanley KochMorton$2.3M
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.