Daniel Gonzalez, MD
Rheumatology · Little Rock, ARNPI 1962994608
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 487 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 29 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,520, more than ten times the $55 reported in 2020.
Across 487 payments — averaging $24.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$3K
- Amgen$2K
- UCB, Inc.$1K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- GSK$768
- Pfizer$642
- plus $3K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$11,958100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie | 87 | $2,712 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 102 | $2,259 |
| UCB, Inc. | 55 | $1,176 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 35 | $1,171 |
| GSK | 27 | $768 |
| Pfizer | 35 | $642 |
| Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. | 17 | $500 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 24 | $436 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 17 | $384 |
| Novartis | 13 | $364 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $350 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $210 |
| Kedrion Biopharma, Inc. | 5 | $171 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 7 | $128 |
| Organon | 7 | $125 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 6 | $115 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 5 | $80 |
| Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. | 4 | $68 |
| Abbott | 2 | $58 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $38 |
| Stryker | 2 | $37 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| TG Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sobi, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Sandoz | 1 | $14 |
| Fidia Pharma USA Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
How this compares
$11,958 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 48 rheumatology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 240 | $6,396 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 195 | $5,127 |
| Sulfasalazine DrSulfasalazine | 117 | $5,062 |
| Leflunomide | 60 | $1,825 |
| Prednisone | 234 | $1,715 |
| Sulfasalazine | 26 | $517 |
| Allopurinol | 46 | $381 |
| Colchicine | 17 | $368 |
| Azathioprine | 11 | $363 |
| Gabapentin | 47 | $298 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 18 | $268 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $211 |
| Alendronate Sodium | 14 | $202 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 11 | $193 |
| Folic Acid | 32 | $179 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other rheumatology in Little Rock
- Cummins LueLittle Rock$76K
- Jasen ChiLittle Rock$30K
- Richard HoukLittle Rock$25K
- Columbus BrownLittle Rock$18K
- Renee Peterkin-MccalmanLittle Rock$16K
- Safwan SakrLittle Rock$11K
- Alina VoineaLittle Rock$8K
- Tamer AlsebaiLittle Rock$6K
- Mavi Rivera PavonLittle Rock$5K
- Rina GuptaLittle Rock$1K
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.