Jonathan Tobey, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Fort Smith, ARNPI 1558749028
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (41.8%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 42.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $26,078 and has fallen 98.9% since, to $286 in 2025. Among orthopaedic 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 140 payments — averaging $341.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$20K
- Pylant Medical$12K
- Stryker$6K
- Smith+Nephew$5K
- Midsouth Orthopedics Inc.$2K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$1K
- plus $1K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$20,00042%
- Travel & lodging$4,57610%
- Food & beverage$4,2739%
- Education$18,95840%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 7 | $20,220 |
| Pylant Medical | 9 | $11,949 |
| Stryker | 46 | $6,305 |
| Smith+Nephew | 36 | $5,011 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 6 | $2,072 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $196 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Axogen | 5 | $124 |
| Bioventus LLC | 6 | $105 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $90 |
| Amgen(2 entities) | 4 | $88 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $70 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 2 | $52 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $45 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $31 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Vertex | 1 | $26 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $24 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$47,806 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 168 orthopaedic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 48 | $407 |
| Naproxen | 94 | $381 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 74 | $233 |
| Meloxicam | 97 | $159 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 39 | $154 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 38 | $143 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Fort Smith
- Kaleb SmithsonFort Smith$7K
- Keith BolyardFort Smith$7K
- Steven SmithFort Smith$6K
- Benjamin StronachLittle Rock$2.5M
- Charles BarnesLittle Rock$2.1M
- Kenneth MartinLittle Rock$322K
- Wesley CoxFayetteville$309K
- William HefleyNorth Little Rock$306K
- David BumpassLittle Rock$175K
- Lawrence O'MalleyLittle Rock$151K
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.