Dexter Rich, MD
Surgery · Jonesboro, ARNPI 1700270600
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $12,500 of the $19,178 with a category attached, or 65.2%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 95.0% of it on its own, with 20 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $12,528 and has fallen 96.4% since, to $456 in 2025.
Across 79 payments — averaging $242.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$18K
- TELA Bio, Inc.$210
- Boston Scientific$117
- Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$115
- Medtronic$97
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.$55
- plus $373 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,79320%
- Food & beverage$2,85515%
- Education$12,50065%
- Gifts$300%
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 | 46 | $18,211 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 5 | $210 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $117 |
| Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $115 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $97 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 3 | $48 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $36 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Vertex | 1 | $26 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $23 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Elucent Medical | 1 | $10 |
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$12,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,463
- SpyGlass Discover$117
- VOQUEZNA$104
How this compares
$19,178 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peg 3350-ElectrolyteSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 73 | $2,042 |
| Naloxone Hcl | 24 | $1,567 |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag SulfSodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 14 | $977 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 61 | $587 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 62 | $362 |
| Gavilyte-NSodium Chloride/Nahco3/Kcl/Peg | 17 | $276 |
| Omeprazole | 11 | $251 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 14 | $114 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Jessica HobbyJonesboro$40K
- Joshua TollesonJonesboro$38K
- Willie HarperJonesboro$20K
- Joseph HurstonJonesboro$16K
- Joel WhippleJonesboro$13K
- Gregory LynchJonesboro$12K
- Jonathan AltomarJonesboro$11K
- Joshua RollerFayetteville$248K
- Brian PottorfFayetteville$64K
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.