Eumar Tagupa
Cardiovascular Disease · Jonesboro, ARNPI 1497717128
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 221 payments — averaging $15.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$877
- Johnson & Johnson$402
- Pfizer$384
- Novartis$315
- Abbott$275
- Boehringer Ingelheim$226
- plus $888 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,368100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 83 | $877 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 28 | $402 |
| Pfizer | 25 | $384 |
| Novartis | 18 | $315 |
| Abbott | 8 | $275 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 14 | $226 |
| Amgen | 12 | $181 |
| Daxor Corporation | 1 | $165 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $57 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $54 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Merck | 3 | $45 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $42 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $40 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $15 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $5 |
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.
- BVA-100$165
- Mitra Clip system$124
How this compares
$3,368 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 130 cardiovascular disease providers in Arkansas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Succinate | 38 | $214 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 12 | $98 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 11 | $91 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 15 | $85 |
| Lisinopril | 11 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Jonesboro
- Maximiliano ArroyoJonesboro$553K
- Barry TedderJonesboro$178K
- Dharmendra PatelJonesboro$171K
- Michael IsaacsonJonesboro$131K
- Anthony WhiteJonesboro$23K
- Nephertiti EfeovbokhanJonesboro$15K
- Matthew HausteinJonesboro$8K
- Jaime ChavezJonesboro$7K
- Mahesh AradhyaJonesboro$5K
- Ian CawichLittle Rock$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.