Kara Way, MD
Neurology · Hot Springs, ARNPI 1982047940
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 760 payments — averaging $94.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$21K
- Pfizer$19K
- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.$19K
- AbbVie$2K
- Novartis$2K
- MDD US Operations, LLC$988
- plus $8K from 47 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,4653%
- Speaking & faculty fees$51,60172%
- Travel & lodging$3,2785%
- Food & beverage$14,37820%
- Education$120%
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
$71,733 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 93 neurology 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GammakedImmune Globul G/Gly/Iga Avg 46 | 49 | $515,532 |
| PanzygaImmun Glob G(Igg)-Ifas/Glycine | 15 | $172,743 |
| Gammagard LiquidImmun Glob G(Igg)/Gly/Iga Ov50 | 12 | $160,159 |
| VumerityDiroximel Fumarate | 18 | $155,980 |
| Nurtec OdtRimegepant Sulfate | 90 | $117,129 |
| QuliptaAtogepant | 68 | $72,275 |
| Aimovig AutoinjectorErenumab-Aooe | 43 | $72,002 |
| Emgality PenGalcanezumab-Gnlm | 49 | $51,347 |
| BotoxOnabotulinumtoxina | 24 | $31,446 |
| UbrelvyUbrogepant | 21 | $21,897 |
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 12 | $21,452 |
| BriviactBrivaracetam | 11 | $15,150 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 283 | $6,875 |
| Gabapentin | 222 | $3,609 |
| Levetiracetam | 152 | $3,185 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Kedrion Biopharma, Inc.Gammaked | $66 | $515,53249 claims |
| PfizerPanzyga, Nurtec Odt | $18,594 | $289,872105 claims |
| BiogenVumerity | $618 | $155,98018 claims |
| AbbVieQulipta, Botox, Ubrelvy | $2,233 | $125,617113 claims |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCRytary, Pyridostigmine Bromide | $962 | $22,52835 claims |
| UCB, Inc.Briviact | $444 | $15,15011 claims |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLCTopiramate | $30 | $82586 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 93 neurology providers in Arkansas.
Other neurology in Hot Springs
- Richard PellegrinoHot Springs$573K
- Edward KramerHot Springs$6K
- Anudeep SurendranathHot Springs$4K
- Leonides BermejoHot Springs$3K
- Shari DesilvaRogers$5.7M
- Steve-Felix BelingaFort Smith$809K
- Kathryn ChenaultSherwood$532K
- Kapil AryaLittle Rock$405K
- Margaret TremwelFayetteville$261K
- Michael MorseFayetteville$149K
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.