James Adametz, MD
Neurological Surgery · North Little Rock, ARNPI 1437129244
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,977 of the $6,341 with a category attached, or 62.7%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Cerapedics Inc. at 54.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,419 and has fallen 92.7% since, to $248 in 2025.
Across 68 payments — averaging $93.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cerapedics Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$515
- Carlsmed, Inc.$416
- Globus Medical$158
- Si-bone, Inc.$147
- plus $472 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,36437%
- Food & beverage$3,97763%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cerapedics Inc. | 24 | $3,458 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $1,175 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 5 | $515 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 3 | $416 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $158 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $136 |
| DJO, LLC | 2 | $59 |
| Kyocera Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $58 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $34 |
| Stryker | 1 | $30 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Kinex Medical Company LLC | 1 | $9 |
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
$6,341 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 64 neurological 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 | 286 | $1,470 |
| Gabapentin | 82 | $790 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 92 | $761 |
| Methylprednisolone | 77 | $673 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 45 | $552 |
| Naproxen | 33 | $334 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $188 |
| Meloxicam | 42 | $114 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 43 | $98 |
| Cephalexin | 15 | $77 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 15 | $62 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in North Little Rock
- Fred JordanNorth Little Rock$32K
- James CalhounNorth Little Rock$27K
- Reza ShahimNorth Little Rock$15K
- Robert IngrahamNorth Little Rock$2K
- Saman FarrNorth Little Rock$1K
- James MasonNorth Little Rock$432
- Erika PetersenLittle Rock$663K
- James BlankenshipFayetteville$217K
- Keith NorvillHot Springs$91K
- Muhammad KandelHot Springs$76K
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.