Kara Matteson, PA
Physician Assistant · West Memphis, ARNPI 1750035598
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 22 payments — averaging $18.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Theratechnologies Inc.$139
- Exact Sciences$34
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.$33
- Vertex$24
- Bayer$23
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$21
- plus $129 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$403100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 8 | $139 |
| Exact Sciences | 2 | $34 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Vertex | 1 | $24 |
| Bayer | 1 | $23 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $20 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $17 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $16 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Cequr Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Qiagen, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
How this compares
$403 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 451 physician assistant 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 12 | $2,018 |
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 33 | $762 |
| Gabapentin | 58 | $741 |
| Omeprazole | 44 | $708 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 67 | $553 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 105 | $544 |
| Famotidine | 43 | $541 |
| Levetiracetam | 12 | $475 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 42 | $429 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $335 |
| Meloxicam | 73 | $271 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 17 | $259 |
| Glipizide | 21 | $233 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 27 | $231 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 15 | $208 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physician assistant in West Memphis
- Honey SchaumburgFort Smith$397K
- Adrienne EasterlingRogers$366K
- Katherine RossLittle Rock$44K
- Benton LoggainsFort Smith$39K
- Monte DouglasJacksonville$38K
- Anna StilinovicFayetteville$32K
- Timothy BookerLittle Rock$13K
- Callie PooleJonesboro$12K
- Bryce BassFort Smith$11K
- Kayla MouryFort Smith$11K
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.