James Head, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Conway, ARNPI 1144541210
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (42.8%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 54.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $2,366 and has fallen 97.8% since, to $52 in 2025.
Across 92 payments — averaging $84.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$4K
- Stryker$2K
- Midsouth Orthopedics Inc.$1K
- Amgen$199
- Radius Health, Inc.$153
- Zimmer Biomet$90
- plus $425 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,32943%
- Food & beverage$2,22429%
- Education$2,22029%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 29 | $4,217 |
| Stryker | 12 | $1,574 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 7 | $1,114 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 11 | $199 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 9 | $153 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $90 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 4 | $83 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $40 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $29 |
| Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| BD | 1 | $11 |
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
$7,773 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Promethazine Hcl | 50 | $295 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 14 | $119 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Conway
- Jordan WaltersConway$45K
- Brent LawrenceConway$14K
- Bryan HeadConway$11K
- Thomas RobertsConway$10K
- Grant BennettConway$5K
- Benjamin StronachLittle Rock$2.5M
- Charles BarnesLittle Rock$2.1M
- Kenneth MartinLittle Rock$322K
- Wesley CoxFayetteville$309K
- William HefleyNorth Little Rock$306K
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.