John Baker
Family Medicine · Batesville, ARNPI 1457388266
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 150 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 26 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.1% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $820 and has fallen 94.2% since, to $48 in 2022.
Across 150 payments — averaging $14.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$425
- Novo Nordisk$298
- Merck$225
- AstraZeneca$215
- Boehringer Ingelheim$160
- Pfizer$159
- plus $627 from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,109100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 31 | $425 |
| Novo Nordisk | 20 | $298 |
| Merck | 17 | $225 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $215 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 11 | $160 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $159 |
| Abbott | 3 | $65 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $61 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $58 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 4 | $55 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $31 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Novartis | 1 | $18 |
| Dexcom, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $13 |
| GSK | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$2,109 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 1,347 family medicine providers in Arkansas.
Other family medicine in Batesville
- Glenn GibbonsFort Smith$179K
- Hetal PatelParagould$147K
- David GersonSherwood$119K
- Scott MusickBentonville$102K
- Broderick EatonWynne$49K
- Craig LevoyBentonville$30K
- Allen BeachyFort Smith$21K
- Hunter CarringtonHot Springs$20K
- Harold BettonLittle Rock$18K
- Thad HardinConway$18K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.