Lauren Byers
Nurse Practitioner · Little Rock, ARNPI 1770993461
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.6%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. accounts for 76.3% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $3,887 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $70 in 2025. Among nurse practitioner clinicians in AR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 28 payments — averaging $295.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$6K
- Abbott$1K
- AstraZeneca$364
- MML US, Inc.$119
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$97
- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.$54
- plus $138 from 5 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $68.18 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$68
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,66932%
- Travel & lodging$3,60444%
- Food & beverage$1,99424%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 10 | $6,309 |
| Abbott | 7 | $1,185 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $364 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $97 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $54 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $54 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Gilead | 1 | $22 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Evoke SCS$6,274
- FreeStyle Precision Pro system$223
- Octrode SCS Leads$133
- ReActiv8$119
- IMFINZI$112
- CALQUENCE$100
How this compares
$8,266 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 697 nurse practitioner 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.
Other nurse practitioner in Little Rock
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- Olivia CoxLittle Rock$14K
- Sarah AtkinsLittle Rock$12K
- Suzanne BroadwayLittle Rock$6K
- Natalie ByarsLittle Rock$6K
- Kristie CronkhiteLittle Rock$5K
- Mary GuellLittle Rock$5K
- Danielle LeeperLittle Rock$4K
- Leigh JohnsonLittle Rock$4K
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.