Bryan Head, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Conway, ARNPI 1003264789
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (49.6%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 58.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,874 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $210 in 2024.
Across 76 payments — averaging $138.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$6K
- Pylant Medical$962
- Stryker$748
- Midsouth Orthopedics Inc.$712
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$655
- Zimmer Biomet$443
- plus $873 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,56824%
- Food & beverage$2,72426%
- Education$5,21750%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 38 | $6,117 |
| Pylant Medical | 1 | $962 |
| Stryker | 8 | $748 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 3 | $712 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $655 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $443 |
| Axogen | 3 | $264 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $158 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Anika Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $111 |
| International Life Sciences | 1 | $58 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Medela LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $20 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- GAMMA$316
- A/R Femoral Nail$158
- Knees Product Portfolio$150
- MAKO$141
- iFuse Implant$127
- Persona$123
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$120
- ADAPT$112
- ROSA$102
How this compares
$10,509 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 168 orthopaedic surgery providers in Arkansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 19 | $234 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 59 | $214 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 52 | $163 |
| Meloxicam | 21 | $33 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Conway
- Jordan WaltersConway$45K
- Brent LawrenceConway$14K
- Thomas RobertsConway$10K
- James HeadConway$8K
- Grant BennettConway$5K
- Benjamin StronachLittle Rock$2.5M
- Charles BarnesLittle Rock$2.1M
- Kenneth MartinLittle Rock$322K
- Wesley CoxFayetteville$309K
- William HefleyNorth Little Rock$306K
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.