Kirk Watson
Family Medicine · Benton, ARNPI 1548398498
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 444 payments — averaging $12.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$966
- AbbVie$948
- GSK$866
- Pfizer$604
- Amgen$469
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$216
- plus $2K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,60898%
- Education$1302%
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.
How this compares
$5,738 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,347 family medicine providers in Arkansas.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 23 | $15,980 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 18 | $14,542 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 17 | $13,785 |
| Dexlansoprazole DrDexlansoprazole | 16 | $6,045 |
| Potassium Chloride | 127 | $3,020 |
| Omeprazole | 134 | $2,082 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 136 | $1,537 |
| Gabapentin | 80 | $1,512 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 177 | $1,487 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 139 | $1,233 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 64 | $1,137 |
| Esomeprazole Magnesium | 40 | $1,130 |
| Lantus SolostarInsulin Glargine,hum.Rec.Anlog | 11 | $1,072 |
| Indapamide | 77 | $1,071 |
| Metformin Hcl | 122 | $849 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $604 | $15,98023 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $24 | $14,54218 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $60 | $13,78517 claims |
| Almatica Pharma LLCSertraline Hcl | $24 | $36144 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 85th percentile of 1,347 family medicine providers in Arkansas.
Other family medicine in Benton
- Mark AlbeyBenton$58K
- Jared DixonBenton$13K
- George KonisLittle Rock$26.6M
- Kevin RobertsLittle Rock$2.5M
- Derek LewisLittle Rock$1.7M
- Jodi SansonHot Springs$1.7M
- Senthil RaghavanLittle Rock$496K
- Broderick EatonWynne$442K
- Landon HumphreyConway$417K
- Vonda HouchinHarrisburg$206K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.