Jay Bhama, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Jonesboro, ARNPI 1760491989
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $120,883 of the $192,485 with a category attached, or 62.8%. Abiomed accounts for 60.2% of it on its own, with 31 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $89,924 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $7,044 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 582 payments — averaging $330.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$116K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$37K
- Abbott$23K
- Atricure, Inc.$4K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- plus $9K from 26 others
Across 32 payments — averaging $7992.81 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.
- Atricure, Inc.$173K
- Abbott$83K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,6059%
- Speaking & faculty fees$120,88363%
- Travel & lodging$25,43813%
- Food & beverage$28,44015%
- Education$1200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 142 | $115,967 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 72 | $36,880 |
| Abbott | 83 | $22,611 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 61 | $3,583 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 48 | $2,397 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 26 | $2,190 |
| Stryker | 7 | $1,565 |
| Davol Inc. | 43 | $1,552 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 15 | $1,284 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 24 | $1,026 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $623 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 9 | $544 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $405 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 4 | $398 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $372 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 3 | $200 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $129 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $109 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 1 | $105 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $105 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $89 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $55 |
| BD | 2 | $55 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $14 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $12 |
| Pfizer | 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.
- Impella$111,150
- LifeSPARC$15,234
- TandemLife$15,138
- CardioMEMS HF System$12,705
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$4,940
- ProtekDuo$4,280
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,605
- Tri-Ad$1,479
- DALL-MILES$1,050
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$970
- Mitra Clip system$584
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$549
- MitraClip System$411
- LifeSPARC System$401
- DELTA$350
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$289
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$279
- NA$267
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$254
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$253
How this compares
$192,485 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 35 | $23,091 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 15 | $10,818 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 32 | $371 |
| Spironolactone | 73 | $355 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 65 | $330 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 49 | $278 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $233 |
| Ezetimibe | 16 | $227 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 78 | $207 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 26 | $154 |
| Furosemide | 56 | $149 |
| Potassium Chloride | 23 | $140 |
| Carvedilol | 30 | $111 |
| Losartan Potassium | 13 | $39 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $11 | $23,09135 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 48 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Arkansas.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Jonesboro
- Ronald SmithJonesboro$4K
- Paul LevyJonesboro$1K
- Damon KennedyJonesboro$652
- Michael RabornJonesboro$131
- Bassam ShukrallahLittle Rock$325K
- James SpannRogers$260K
- Pouya HemmatiLittle Rock$168K
- Katy MarinoLittle Rock$99K
- Edgar ChauvinRodgers$38K
- Charles ColeLittle Rock$23K
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.