Christian Latham, MD
Surgery · Hot Springs, ARNPI 1932386646
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 54 payments — averaging $99.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Boston Scientific$123
- TELA Bio, Inc.$100
- Johnson & Johnson$99
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$69
- Smith+Nephew$56
- plus $421 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,67231%
- Food & beverage$99118%
- Education$2,70650%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 15 | $4,502 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $123 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 4 | $100 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $99 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 4 | $69 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $56 |
| Covidien LP | 3 | $44 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $41 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $37 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Amgen | 1 | $24 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $21 |
| Bolder Surgical LLC | 2 | $20 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Hologic Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Microline Surgical Inc | 1 | $4 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$2,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,840
- SpyGlass Discover$103
How this compares
$5,369 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 227 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Naloxone Hcl | 13 | $779 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 111 | $402 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 13 | $74 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $44 |
| Metronidazole | 13 | $35 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Hot Springs
- John WebbHot Springs$26K
- Zachary LarrimerHot Springs$24K
- Dustin TubreHot Springs$19K
- Mandy RiceHot Springs$17K
- Kimberly JackmanHot Springs$16K
- Kyle KalkwarfLittle Rock$573K
- Joshua RollerFayetteville$248K
- Alice CherquiJonesboro$71K
- Brian PottorfFayetteville$64K
- Samuel BledsoeLittle Rock$53K
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.