Jerson Munoz Mendoza, MD
Interventional Cardiology · North Little Rock, ARNPI 1497041982
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,324 of the $6,026 with a category attached, or 88.4%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Novartis at 24.2% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in AR, where the typical reported total is $7,561.
Across 291 payments — averaging $20.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$1K
- Abbott$1K
- Pfizer$598
- AstraZeneca$461
- Abiomed$339
- Johnson & Johnson$328
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$65311%
- Food & beverage$5,32488%
- Education$481%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 99 | $1,460 |
| Abbott | 17 | $1,106 |
| Pfizer | 39 | $598 |
| AstraZeneca | 22 | $461 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $339 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $328 |
| Amgen | 12 | $288 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 14 | $221 |
| Merck | 10 | $175 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $175 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $168 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $159 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $90 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $72 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $34 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Bayer | 2 | $32 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $30 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $23 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 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.
- Dragonfly OCT$634
- Impella$238
- XIENCE SIERRA$120
- Repatha$117
- FARXIGA$113
- VYNDAQEL$110
- LifeVest$100
How this compares
$6,026 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 89 interventional cardiology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 354 | $244,247 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 208 | $141,365 |
| EliquisApixaban | 168 | $114,335 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 163 | $88,040 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 53 | $37,220 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 32 | $18,711 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 17 | $17,201 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 709 | $5,899 |
| Telmisartan | 180 | $4,184 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 469 | $3,529 |
| Carvedilol | 445 | $2,259 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 43 | $2,046 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 135 | $1,987 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 410 | $1,469 |
| Ezetimibe | 165 | $1,463 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $1,460 | $244,247354 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $221 | $141,365208 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $461 | $125,261216 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $598 | $114,335168 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $328 | $18,71132 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 40th percentile of 89 interventional cardiology providers in Arkansas.
Other interventional cardiology in North Little Rock
- Hani TurkmaniNorth Little Rock$29K
- Kapil YadavNorth Little Rock$9K
- John ColleranNorth Little Rock$8K
- Mohammad Al-SarieNorth Little Rock$5K
- Gaurav DharLittle Rock$206K
- Ernesto Ruiz-RodriguezLittle Rock$153K
- Vasili LendelLittle Rock$86K
- Thomas WattsLittle Rock$68K
- Vijay RajaLittle Rock$46K
- Lena AwarJonesboro$43K
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.