Kimball Ewell
Family Medicine · Eldorado, ILNPI 1457303943
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 232 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 27 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,087 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $32 in 2024. Among family medicine clinicians in IL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 232 payments — averaging $17.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$891
- Pfizer$458
- Novartis$320
- Lilly USA, LLC$274
- Johnson & Johnson$262
- Amgen$246
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,011100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 34 | $891 |
| Pfizer | 31 | $458 |
| Novartis | 15 | $320 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 15 | $274 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 19 | $262 |
| Amgen | 18 | $246 |
| AbbVie | 13 | $224 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 12 | $183 |
| GSK | 11 | $169 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $135 |
| Merck | 8 | $131 |
| Abbott | 6 | $87 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 6 | $86 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 5 | $82 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 5 | $80 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $68 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $53 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 3 | $40 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, 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.
How this compares
$4,011 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 4,116 family medicine providers in Illinois.
Other family medicine in Eldorado
- Frank PhillipsChicago$1.6M
- Peter TothSterling$1.4M
- Bradley TorphyChicago$1.3M
- Jeffrey RoyceRockford$890K
- Anthony AuriemmaWestmont$788K
- Manfred ManGurnee$764K
- Barbara BellarOakbrook Terrace$599K
- Bernie RancheroAltamont$533K
- Sandy GibsonChicago$309K
- Mandy GittlerChicago$204K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.