Eric Paul, MD
Surgery · Little Rock, ARNPI 1710037353
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (46.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 87.1% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $15,234 and has fallen 89.2% since, to $1,642 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in AR 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 126 payments — averaging $171.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$19K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$505
- AbbVie$318
- Medtronic$257
- TELA Bio, Inc.$117
- plus $224 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,91637%
- Food & beverage$3,67817%
- Education$9,95446%
- Gifts$90%
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 | 65 | $18,781 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $1,354 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $505 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 19 | $318 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $257 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 3 | $117 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $18 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $14 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $12 |
| Bolder Surgical LLC | 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$9,250
- Da Vinci Surgical System$8,476
- LINX Reflux Management System$238
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$128
- Signia$118
How this compares
$21,556 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 13 | $2,261 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 55 | $395 |
| Scopolamine | 27 | $315 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 14 | $158 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 33 | $125 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 22 | $113 |
| Methocarbamol | 16 | $71 |
| Folic Acid | 11 | $36 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Little Rock
- Samuel BledsoeLittle Rock$53K
- Michael PollockLittle Rock$45K
- James WalkerLittle Rock$41K
- Peter KimLittle Rock$20K
- April TurnerLittle Rock$9K
- Raj PatelLittle Rock$8K
- Bobby PerryLittle Rock$7K
- Joshua RollerFayetteville$248K
- Alice CherquiJonesboro$71K
- 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.