---
title: What industry pays physicians in Arkansas (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: Arkansas
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 12723959
physicians: 8499
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — Arkansas (2024)

In Arkansas, drug and device makers reported **$12,723,959** in general payments to **8,499** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $1,497 each), plus $44,004,065 tied to research and $1,864,110 in ownership interests.

**A payment is a disclosed financial tie, not proof of wrongdoing** — many are research grants, consulting fees, or device royalties. Transparency, not a verdict.

## Top specialties

| Specialty | Total | Physicians | Mean per physician |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Family | $2,302,201 | 1,486 | $1,549 |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $1,234,017 | 122 | $10,115 |
| Gastroenterology | $566,197 | 83 | $6,822 |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $505,552 | 24 | $21,065 |
| Psychiatry | $500,640 | 120 | $4,172 |
| Family Medicine | $485,567 | 882 | $551 |
| Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | $396,162 | 31 | $12,779 |
| Dermatology | $342,902 | 56 | $6,123 |
| Physician Assistant | $329,299 | 279 | $1,180 |
| Neurology | $290,798 | 58 | $5,014 |
| Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $288,712 | 10 | $28,871 |
| Pulmonary Disease | $281,473 | 76 | $3,704 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leah Carrington | Family | $1,619,310 | Skye Orthobiologics LLC |
| Benjamin Stronach | Orthopaedic Surgery | $841,472 | TightLine Development, LLC |
| Glenn Davis | Gastroenterology | $443,602 | Affordable Pharmaceuticals, LLC |
| Devi Nair | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | $417,792 | Boston Scientific Corporation |
| David Collins | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery | $241,181 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| Jared Seale | Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine | $228,447 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Aravindhan Veerapandiyan | Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology | $170,415 | Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. |
| Richard Griffiths | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | $153,031 | Kedplasma LLC |
| Leslie Smith | Psychiatry | $143,394 | Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. |
| Sandra Johnson | Dermatology | $140,016 | Amgen Inc. |
| Scott Jackson | Dermatology | $130,544 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Tad Tillemans | Psychiatry | $124,124 | Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. |
| Steven Kory | Psychiatry | $117,774 | ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.) |
| Ladly Abraham | Pulmonary Disease | $115,244 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
| Erika Petersen | Neurological Surgery | $110,033 | Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. |
| Johnathan Goree | Anesthesiology | $108,616 | Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. |
| Catherine Kilpatrick | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | $107,679 | Dexcom, Inc. |
| James Thrasher | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | $87,333 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Honey Schaumburg | Physician Assistant | $76,781 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. |
| Gloria Richard-Davis | Reproductive Endocrinology | $73,624 | Pfizer Inc. |
| Kathryn Chenault | Neurology | $69,347 | EMD Serono, Inc. |
| Andrew Johnson | Prosthodontics | $62,200 | Envista Holdings Corporation |
| Christen Coats | Optometrist | $61,241 | Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. |
| Adrienne Easterling | Physician Assistant | $59,504 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Eric Schaefer | Hematology & Oncology | $59,360 | Cornerstone Specialty Network LLC |

RECORDED CMS Open Payments amounts/counts; totals, means, and rankings are DERIVED. A disclosure record — not evidence of improper influence, not a measure of physician quality, not advice. To verify a physician, search openpaymentsdata.cms.gov. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

Structured data: `/care/open-payments/ar.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`