Jarna Shah, MD
Anesthesiology · Little Rock, ARNPI 1235516436
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,005 of the $9,929 with a category attached, or 60.5%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. at 29.8% of the total. Among anesthesiology 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 81 payments — averaging $122.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Stratus Medical, LLC$1K
- Nevro Corp.$727
- Stimwave Technologies Incorporated$597
- Boston Scientific$502
- plus $2K from 9 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $68.18 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.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$68
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5005%
- Travel & lodging$3,42334%
- Food & beverage$6,00560%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 13 | $2,961 |
| Abbott | 24 | $2,435 |
| Stratus Medical, LLC | 12 | $1,172 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $727 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 4 | $597 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $502 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 3 | $335 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $280 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $257 |
| Curonix LLC | 2 | $199 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $144 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Stryker | 1 | $73 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 1 | $45 |
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.
- Evoke SCS$1,831
- Nimbus$966
- PROCLAIM$959
- Evoke$883
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$662
- StimQ Receiver Stimulator Kit Channel A US w Receiver$490
- StimQ Freedom-4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w/ Receiver$490
- StimQ Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$490
- Freedom 4A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$490
- Freedom 8A Receiver Kit Channel A US w Receiver$490
- ETERNA$325
- SPRINT PNS System$284
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$241
- mild Device Kit$174
- INTELLIS$142
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$138
- Octrode SCS Leads$133
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$127
- Intracept$126
- PNS FREEDOM-4A PERMANENT NEUROSTIMULATOR RECEIVER KIT CHANNEL A$109
How this compares
$9,929 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 300 anesthesiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 127 | $2,824 |
| Gabapentin | 140 | $1,716 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 97 | $1,417 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 40 | $1,067 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 92 | $1,051 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 98 | $835 |
| Baclofen | 20 | $333 |
| Naproxen | 38 | $263 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $236 |
| Methocarbamol | 19 | $229 |
| Nortriptyline Hcl | 32 | $219 |
| Methadone Hcl | 11 | $159 |
| Meloxicam | 38 | $59 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other anesthesiology in Little Rock
- Johnathan GoreeLittle Rock$513K
- Julius BaloghLittle Rock$245K
- Gregory SmithLittle Rock$55K
- Brian MalkiLittle Rock$29K
- Aparna JindalLittle Rock$10K
- Brian JansenLittle Rock$8K
- Jaleesa JacksonLittle Rock$4K
- Juan RomanLittle Rock$4K
- Felipe MedeirosLittle Rock$3K
- Rodney McCarverLittle Rock$3K
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.