Jonathan Ferrari, MD
Surgery · Fort Smith, ARNPI 1417264250
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (54.6%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 91.7% of it on its own, with 24 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $11,471 and has fallen 87.9% since, to $1,385 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in AR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 76 payments — averaging $268.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$19K
- Medtronic$993
- Enterra Medical, Inc.$121
- Polynovo North America LLC$58
- AbbVie$58
- Smith+Nephew$38
- plus $432 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,64333%
- Food & beverage$2,58613%
- Education$11,13355%
- Gifts$430%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 40 | $18,703 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $993 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $58 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 4 | $58 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $38 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $32 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $28 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Braintree Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Shield Therapeutics Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Microline Surgical Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited | 1 | $14 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| THD America, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$18,022
- LigaSure$909
How this compares
$20,404 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 227 surgery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 113 | $654 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 41 | $163 |
| Neomycin Sulfate | 18 | $97 |
| Omeprazole | 11 | $95 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 12 | $95 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 43 | $69 |
| Metronidazole | 19 | $33 |
| Ibuprofen | 17 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Fort Smith
- Christopher ColemanFort Smith$26K
- Sarahrose WebsterFort Smith$11K
- Ryan BanningFort Smith$10K
- Camille RichardsFort Smith$9K
- Darryl EckesFort Smith$8K
- Nabil AkkadFort Smith$8K
- Joshua RollerFayetteville$248K
- Alice CherquiJonesboro$71K
- Brian PottorfFayetteville$64K
- Samuel BledsoeLittle Rock$53K
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.