Frank Schmidt, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Springdale, ARNPI 1154497717
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $13,500 of the $17,141 with a category attached, or 78.8%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 80.9% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $13,580 and has fallen 99.2% since, to $108 in 2024.
Across 48 payments — averaging $357.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$14K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$864
- Edwards Lifesciences$476
- Atricure, Inc.$87
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$53
- plus $192 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,75710%
- Food & beverage$1,88411%
- Education$13,50079%
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 | 12 | $13,865 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 8 | $1,603 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 10 | $864 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $476 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $87 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $38 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $19 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $16 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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
$17,141 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 48 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Arkansas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 15 | $113 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Springdale
- Clyde RedmondSpringdale$4K
- Bassam ShukrallahLittle Rock$325K
- James SpannRogers$260K
- Jay BhamaJonesboro$192K
- Pouya HemmatiLittle Rock$168K
- Katy MarinoLittle Rock$99K
- Edgar ChauvinRodgers$38K
- Charles ColeLittle Rock$23K
- Karol MudyLittle Rock$21K
- Trung TranRogers$21K
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.