Robert Mitchell, MD
Hospitalist · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1952721086
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 53 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC at 24.8% of the total.
Across 53 payments — averaging $17.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$226
- Novartis$165
- AbbVie$113
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$84
- Boston Scientific$59
- Pfizer$54
- plus $210 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$911100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 14 | $226 |
| Novartis | 10 | $165 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 7 | $113 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 5 | $84 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $59 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $54 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $34 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $33 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 1 | $25 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| GSK | 1 | $22 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $20 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $17 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
How this compares
$911 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 349 hospitalist providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 16 | $145 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 13 | $116 |
| Metronidazole | 14 | $110 |
| Furosemide | 22 | $63 |
| Levofloxacin | 11 | $61 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $57 |
| Carvedilol | 12 | $51 |
| Spironolactone | 11 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other hospitalist in Chattanooga
- Delmon AshcraftChattanooga$2K
- Gerald OnuohaNashville$37K
- Sunil KripalaniNashville$23K
- Ankur SethMemphis$13K
- Eugene ScobeyMemphis$6K
- Monico BanezJackson$6K
- Omar AlsharifKnoxville$6K
- Matthew JosephNashville$5K
- Courtney TafesseMurfreesboro$5K
- Arnel PaneloNashville$5K
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.