James Spann, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Rogers, ARNPI 1134209273
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $258,725 of the $260,305 with a category attached, or 99.4%. Kls-martin L.p. accounts for 99.4% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $78,408 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $165 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in AR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 60 payments — averaging $4338.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kls-martin L.p.$259K
- Atricure, Inc.$802
- Abiomed$142
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$129
- Elutia, Inc.$117
- Livanova USA, Inc.$109
- plus $244 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$258,72599%
- Food & beverage$1,5791%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kls-martin L.p. | 22 | $258,762 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 17 | $802 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $142 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 2 | $129 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $117 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $109 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $38 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $23 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $20 |
| Abbott | 1 | $19 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $13 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $12 |
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
$260,305 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 | 14 | $77 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Rogers
- Trung TranRogers$21K
- Whitney TaylorRogers$3K
- David McCoyRogers$90
- Bassam ShukrallahLittle Rock$325K
- Jay BhamaJonesboro$192K
- Pouya HemmatiLittle Rock$168K
- Katy MarinoLittle Rock$99K
- Edgar ChauvinRodgers$38K
- Charles ColeLittle Rock$23K
- Karol MudyLittle Rock$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.