Joe Buford
General Practice · North Little Rock, ARNPI 1942360052
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.9% of the total across 611 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 39 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $3,339 and has fallen 74.7% since, to $845 in 2022. Among general practice 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 611 payments — averaging $14.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$1K
- AstraZeneca$885
- AbbVie$691
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$686
- Gilead$580
- GSK$463
- plus $4K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,859100%
- Education$70%
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.
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
$8,866 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 720 general practice providers in Arkansas.
Other general practice in North Little Rock
- Richard McConnellNorth Little Rock$4K
- John DeanNorth Little Rock$3K
- Johnny AdkinsFayetteville$172K
- Elizabeth FromanSpringdale$170K
- Samuel StrongLittle Rock$27K
- Daniel RyderRussellville$18K
- Nicholas CulpepperRogers$16K
- Thomas JeffersonLittle Rock$13K
- David FurrSpringdale$9K
- Tina NicholsLittle Rock$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.