James Calhoun, MD
Neurological Surgery · North Little Rock, ARNPI 1376531814
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (55.0%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Life Spine, Inc. at 58.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,492, more than ten times the $535 reported in 2019.
Across 88 payments — averaging $307.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Life Spine, Inc.$16K
- Southern Spine, LLC$5K
- Arthrex$2K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Midsouth Orthopedics Inc.$1K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$488
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,89255%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,1864%
- Travel & lodging$5,48920%
- Food & beverage$2,72710%
- Education$2,73210%
- Gifts$440%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Life Spine, Inc. | 19 | $15,929 |
| Southern Spine, LLC | 2 | $4,750 |
| Arthrex | 24 | $2,042 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $1,381 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 6 | $1,023 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 5 | $488 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 5 | $482 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $245 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 5 | $105 |
| GS Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $43 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $27 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $12 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| VGI Medical, LLC | 1 | $8 |
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.
- ProLink Barb$9,097
- PRO-LINK STAND-ALONE CERVICAL SPACER SYSTEM$6,201
- Pro-Link Ti$5,730
- GRUVE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE System$2,656
- Plateau C Ti$1,845
- ProLift$1,845
- ARx$1,845
- Omnia$1,186
- SIMpact$811
- AILERON EXPANDABLE POSTERIOR FUSION SYSTEM$811
- Dyna-Link Ti Barbs$811
- Intracept$488
- XEOMIN$245
- ASCLERA$245
- CAVUX Cervical Cage$162
- DTRAX Spinal System$162
- ALLY Bone Screw$162
- BIOLOGIX Allograft Bone$162
- FlareHawk$155
- Senza$148
How this compares
$27,071 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 64 | $2,691 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 268 | $2,536 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 256 | $2,430 |
| Mupirocin | 178 | $1,290 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 77 | $1,136 |
| Methylprednisolone | 96 | $820 |
| Baclofen | 43 | $607 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 92 | $382 |
| Cephalexin | 17 | $235 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 20 | $127 |
| Ibuprofen | 19 | $105 |
| Pregabalin | 13 | $90 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 14 | $89 |
| Carisoprodol | 13 | $84 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $66 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in North Little Rock
- Fred JordanNorth Little Rock$32K
- Reza ShahimNorth Little Rock$15K
- James AdametzNorth Little Rock$6K
- 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.