Mark Stillman
Neurology · Independence, OHNPI 1568429199
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 1 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. That places this record below the midpoint for neurology clinicians in OH, where the typical reported total is $970.
Across 1 payment — averaging $21.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$22
Across 303 payments — averaging $15,086 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Sage Therapeutics, LLC$1.1M
- Boehringer Ingelheim$813K
- Merck$740K
- Eli Lilly$486K
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.$385K
- Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc$198K
- plus $802K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$22100%
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
How this compares
$22 in reported general payments places this provider in the 10th percentile of 702 neurology providers in Ohio.
Other neurology in Independence
- Aram ZabetiCincinnati$1.6M
- Kenneth MankowskiColumbus$1.4M
- Aaron BosterColumbus$1.2M
- Martin TaylorNew Albany$821K
- Jacqueline NicholasColumbus$743K
- Lawrence ElmerToledo$687K
- Kenneth PugarCenterville$582K
- Brendan BauerSheffield Village$548K
- Geoffrey EubankColumbus$508K
- Lawrence GoldstickDayton$479K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.