Ikemefuna Onyekwelu, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Little Rock, ARNPI 1770838443
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.6%), food and beverage and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Degen Medical, Inc. at 41.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,415 and has fallen 61.3% since, to $1,707 in 2025.
Across 75 payments — averaging $144.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Degen Medical, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Amgen$155
- Johnson & Johnson$75
- plus $241 from 8 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $1499.94 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$1K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,50014%
- Consulting fees$9008%
- Travel & lodging$4,93646%
- Food & beverage$3,05328%
- Education$4304%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Degen Medical, Inc. | 8 | $4,441 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $2,134 |
| Globus Medical | 12 | $2,029 |
| Stryker | 19 | $1,744 |
| Amgen | 9 | $155 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $75 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- SI SCREW$2,400
- RISE$1,151
- TRITANIUM$854
- CD HORIZON$850
- AERO$741
- SERRATO$741
- ES2$741
- Spine$430
- DIVERGENCE-L$428
- ALIF PLATE$334
- UNID_PASS$258
- O-ARM-Spine$141
- RISE-L$135
- MARS 3VL Retractor$117
- NONE$110
How this compares
$10,818 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 168 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 171 | $1,370 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 77 | $1,167 |
| Pregabalin | 28 | $763 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 62 | $698 |
| Gabapentin | 121 | $689 |
| Methocarbamol | 51 | $483 |
| Celecoxib | 20 | $386 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 62 | $256 |
| Meloxicam | 70 | $186 |
| Methylprednisolone | 29 | $186 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 16 | $62 |
| Alprazolam | 30 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Little Rock
- Benjamin StronachLittle Rock$2.5M
- Charles BarnesLittle Rock$2.1M
- Kenneth MartinLittle Rock$322K
- David BumpassLittle Rock$175K
- Lawrence O'MalleyLittle Rock$151K
- Jason SmithLittle Rock$102K
- Richard McCarthyLittle Rock$75K
- Jacob TauntonLittle Rock$62K
- Jeffrey ReeseLittle Rock$59K
- Justin RabinowitzLittle Rock$45K
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.