David Arthurs, DO
Family Medicine · Kealakekua, HINPI 1932153111
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 235 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by AbbVie at 31.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,078 and has fallen 56.2% since, to $472 in 2025. Among family medicine clinicians in HI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 235 payments — averaging $22.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$2K
- Amgen$817
- Novo Nordisk$594
- Lilly USA, LLC$474
- Pfizer$347
- AstraZeneca$166
- plus $1K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,369100%
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(2 entities) | 74 | $1,662 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 37 | $817 |
| Novo Nordisk | 28 | $594 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 22 | $474 |
| Pfizer | 16 | $347 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $166 |
| GSK | 6 | $138 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $135 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 4 | $108 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 5 | $97 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $93 |
| Merck | 4 | $90 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $73 |
| Gilead | 3 | $69 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $62 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $28 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $24 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $23 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Novartis | 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
$5,369 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 376 family medicine providers in Hawaii.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enbrel SureclickEtanercept | 11 | $152,992 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 61 | $124,232 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 51 | $69,483 |
| EliquisApixaban | 45 | $61,213 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 38 | $52,045 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 26 | $40,141 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $37,449 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 15 | $20,673 |
| Testosterone | 29 | $4,929 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 203 | $4,133 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 107 | $3,351 |
| Lidocaine | 18 | $2,878 |
| Omeprazole | 82 | $2,807 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 122 | $2,517 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 41 | $2,497 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $594 | $124,23261 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $474 | $69,48351 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $347 | $61,21345 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $24 | $40,14126 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $135 | $37,44925 claims |
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta | $138 | $20,67315 claims |
| AbbVieSynthroid | $1,662 | $86714 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 376 family medicine providers in Hawaii.
Other family medicine in Kealakekua
- Elizabeth CatanzaroKealakekua$4K
- Brian StolleyKihei$126K
- Vicente RamoHonolulu$34K
- Edward AlqueroWaipahu$24K
- Noelani HobbsWaipahu$23K
- Rainier Dennis BautistaLihue$23K
- Choon YeoHonolulu$20K
- Buddy FesterlingHilo$20K
- Roy KogaHilo$20K
- Stuart LernerKailua$18K
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.