Lauren Story-Hefta, MD
Vascular Surgery · Little Rock, ARNPI 1265963706
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,749 of the $9,235 with a category attached, or 73.1%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 26.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,716 and has fallen 63.5% since, to $1,357 in 2025.
Across 85 payments — averaging $108.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- Endologix LLC$1K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$662
- Boston Scientific$477
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$466
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,48627%
- Food & beverage$6,74973%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 20 | $2,472 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 15 | $2,324 |
| Endologix LLC | 7 | $1,163 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 7 | $662 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $477 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 12 | $466 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 2 | $328 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $277 |
| Abbott | 3 | $265 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $139 |
| Shape Memory Medical Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $113 |
| Centerline Biomedical Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $78 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$2,221
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$2,106
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,137
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$964
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$580
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$418
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$407
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$407
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$371
- IOPS$300
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$139
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$139
- IMPEDE EMBOLIZATION PLUG$133
- AlphaVac$125
- Novosorb BTM$123
- ELUVIA$121
- JETi Peripheral Catheter$119
- ENDURANT IIS$117
- ENROUTE Enflate Transcarotid RX Balloon Dilatation Catheter$115
- COSEAL$113
How this compares
Too few vascular surgery providers in Arkansasto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 vascular surgery in Little Rock
- Mohammed MoursiLittle Rock$116K
- Kalenda KasanganaLittle Rock$15K
- Kyla Shelton LangLittle Rock$14K
- Andre RamdonLittle Rock$10K
- Christian SimmonsLittle Rock$8K
- Steven MeadorsLittle Rock$8K
- Guillermo EscobarLittle Rock$4K
- Oleksiy GudzLittle Rock$3K
- Ulugbek NegmadjanovLittle Rock$2K
- Robert CasaliLittle Rock$21
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.